The group of six writers who have been shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2023 award include a British, two Americans, a Canadian, and two Irish. Here are the interesting facts about the six authors shortlisted this year, according to the Booker Prize Foundation: Two debuts appear on the shortlist – Western Lane and If I Survive You Two Americans appear …
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 …
At the end of the mourning period for his wife, 11-year-old Gopi’s father — in anticipation of the “difficult time” he would have raising three daughters — is persuaded that what the girls need is a disciplined and enduring surrogate. The girls had played squash recreationally ever since they were old enough to hold racquets, but what Gopi’s father has …
After the inclusion on the 2022 Booker shortlist of Claire Keegan’s Small Things Like These, the shortest novel ever to be recognized in the history of the prize, this year’s jury has once again included some brilliant short works on the longlist of 13 books, also known as the Booker dozen. Chetna Maroo’s Western Lane, which runs to 160 pages, …
