A shortlist of six books has been announced for the £3,000 (about $3,870) Orwell Prize, which recognizes work that comes closest to George Orwell's ambition "to make political writing into an art." The winner will be named June 15. This year's shortlisted titles are:
Citizen Clem by John Bew
The Seven by Ruth Dudley Edwards
All Out War by Tim Shipman
Island Story by J. D. Taylor
And the Sun Shines Now by Adrian Tempany
Another Day in the Death of America by Gary Younge