Paul Harding’s novel This Other Eden echoes the Bible in ways that are as ominous as they are beautiful. What lack ye, my little oysters?” But these are characters whose practice is no less mischievous and colourful than the Greek goddesses and demi-goddesses: “The women’s teeth were stained from the tea and smoke but otherwise strong and straight except for …
The Booker Prize shortlist for 2023 has been announced, and contains a few surprises. Listen: ABC RN's The Book Show Photo shows The Book Show While none of the authors had previously been shortlisted for the Booker Prize, they are not without substantial literary accolades. Harding won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his first novel, Tinkers, while Lynch's …
