Delightful illustrations: Two examples of the cartoons drawn by Bryan Talbot in ‘Dotter of Her Father’s Eyes’

Wendy Holden, one of the category’s three judges, said it was funny, thought-provoking and ‘sniff-makingly sad’.

She added: ‘Anyone with a teenager in the family, or anticipating having one in the future, should read it.

‘It’s not only hilarious and brilliant but deals with real life, as people really live it.’

‘Funny and thought-provoking’: The judges praised the ‘sniff-makingly sad’ story of Joff Winterhart’s ‘Days of the Bagnold Summer’

Strong competition: Winterhart’s ‘Days of the Bagnold Summer’ is in the novel category

Strong competition: Winterhart will go up against Booker Prize-winning Hilary Mantel’s ‘Bring Up The Bodies’

Nominated novels: ‘The heart Broke In’ by James Meek and ‘Life! Death! Prizes!’ by Stephen May are also in the Novel category shortlist

The Talbot’s work is an illustrated biography-cum-memoir of Joyce’s daughter Lucia, which also draws on Mary Talbot’s personal memories of her troubled relationship with her father, the Joycean scholar James S Atherton.

The judges called it ‘ a strikingly original graphic memoir which links two lives in a highly imaginative way.’

It will compete in the Biography category alongside ‘Patrick Leigh-Fermor: An Adventure’ by Artemis Cooper, ‘The Crocodile By The Door’ by Selina Guinness and ‘Serving Victoria’ by Kate Hubbard.

THE SHORTLIST FOR THE £30,000 PRIZE IN FULL

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Novel

Hilary Mantel for Bring Up The Bodies

Stephen May for Life! Death! Prizes!

James Meek for The Heart Broke In

Joff Winterhart for Days Of The Bagnold Summer

First Novel

JW Ironmonger for The Notable Brain of Maximilian Ponder

Jess Richards for Snake Ropes

Francesca Segal for The Innocents

Benjamin Wood for The Bellwether Revivals

The nominated titles in the ‘First Novel’ category

Biography

Artemis Cooper for Patrick Leigh-Fermor: An Adventure

Selina Guinness for The Crocodile By The Door: The Story Of A House, A Farm And A Family

Kate Hubbard for Serving Victoria: Life In The Royal Household

Mary Talbot and Bryan Talbot for Dotter Of Her Father’s Eyes

The shortlist for the Biography category

Poetry

Sean Borodale for Bee Journal

Julia Copus for The World’s Two Smallest Humans

Selima Hill for People Who Like Meatballs

Kathleen Jamie for The Overhaul

The books nominated in the poetry category

Children’s

Sally Gardner for Maggot Moon

Diana Hendry for The Seeing

Hayley Long for What’s Up With Jody Barton?

Dave Shelton for A Boy And A Bear In A Boat

The nominees for the Children’s category