Judges praise the ‘sheer variety of comedy in play’ in nominated books by Nicholls, Dolly Alderton, Caroline O’Donoghue and Kaliane Bradley

David Nicholls, Dolly Alderton, Caroline O’Donoghue and Kaliane Bradley are among the writers in the running to have a pig named after their book.

The authors have been shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse prize for comic fiction, which highlights the funniest newly published novels – particularly those that evoke the spirit of PG Wodehouse.