It’s perhaps testimony to the golden moment that the novel in English is currently enjoying that the cull from Booker longlist to shortlist has felt so painful over the past few years. And, perhaps, also worth putting a tenner on, given that the prize is notoriously just “posh bingo”. His debut, The Fishermen, was shortlisted for the prize in 2015. How to write a Booker contender – by Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie and others Read moreIan McEwan famously won the Booker for his worst novel, Amsterdam. • Get all six books shortlisted for the Booker prize for £75 (saving £9.44).

Source: The Guardian October 13, 2019 09:56 UTC