Katherine Boo's "Behind The Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Slum," Wade Davis' "Into The Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest" and Steven Pinker's "The Better Angels Of Our Nature: A History Of Violence and Humanity" are shortlisted for the 20,000 pound ($32,000) prize.
The other finalists announced Friday are Robert Macfarlane's travelogue "The Old Ways: A Journey On Foot;" Sue Prideaux's theatrical biography "Strindberg: A Life;" and Paul Preston's civil war study "The Spanish Holocaust: Inquisition and Extermination in Twentieth-Century Spain."
The winner will be announced Nov. 12.
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Online: www.thesamueljohnsonprize.co.uk
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