The Longlist has shortlisted 13 books from 155 contenders, and it consists of authors from 12 countries, written in 9 different language.

Is it right to stay bottled up? Is it right to suppress emotions? Is it right to be emotionless in commotion?

Jose Saramago excoriated the greed-and-grease worshippers in all his narratives, fictional and non-fictional.