After having skipped the stage of a second selection, the Interallié jury unveiled its third and final list for the 2020 prize on Thursday. Among the four authors still in the running is the successor of Karine Tuil, crowned the year last for
Human Things
(Gallimard).
Among the finalists, a woman: Irène Frain who appears with
Un crime sans importance
(Seuil) on the last list of Renaudot and in the final of Goncourt des Lycéens.
We find Étienne de Montety, director of the
Figaro Littéraire
, and his novel
The Great Test
, (Stock) also present on the last list of the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française and Renaudot.
Jean-Paul Enthoven continues the race with
What Pleased to Blanche
(Grasset), present on the last list of the Renaudot Prize.
Finally, Thibault de Montaigu competes with
La Grâce
(Plon).
The jury, following the example of the Goncourt, Renaudot and Académie française prizes, will not reveal its winner until the bookstores reopen.