LONDON — Hilary Mantel’s “The Mirror and the Light” — the conclusion to her Thomas Cromwell trilogy — was announced here on Tuesday as one of 13 novels competing for this year’s Booker Prize, the British literary award. Anne Tyler’s “Redhead by the Side of the Road” is also on the list. “The Mirror and the Light” is focused on the final years of Thomas Cromwell’s life, as the chief adviser to King Henry VIII. The book was a sensation in Britain when it was published in March, despite its length: It is 875 pages long. “Like Henry VIII, bloat has set in,” wrote Robbie Millen, in a review for the Times of London.

Source: New York Times July 27, 2020 22:52 UTC