Donna Tartt heads Baileys women's prize for fiction 2014 shortlist

The Goldfinch, Tartt's long-awaited third novel, is bookies' favourite for Baileys prize, with no British authors in contention

Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch either an astonishing masterpiece or tedious, overlong turkey of a novel depending on which critic you read is favourite to win the UK's only annual book prize for fiction written by women.

The long-awaited novel was one of six shortlisted for the 2014 Baileys women's prize for fiction and will go up against a book it has already done battle with in one of America's most prestigious prizes, the National Book Critics Circle award.

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