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Vodafone-Crossword award shortlists Rushdie, Amitav Ghosh

The Vodafone-Crossword Book Awards 2008 shortlist is star-studded -- and finding place are 'The Enchantress of Florence' by Salman Rushdie, 'Sea of Poppies' by Amitav Ghosh, 'Unaccustomed Earth' by Jhumpa Lahiri, 'Past Continuous' by Neel Mukherjee and 'Escape' by Manjula Padmanabhan.11:00 AM on June 26