Novels from Ireland, the United States, Canada and Britain that explore families, communities and a world in crisis make up the six finalists for the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction. “We read quite a few COVID novels, we read quite a few dystopian novels, we read quite a few dark novels," Shapiro said. Booker organizers said all the authors have won acclaim and prizes, even if they are not household names. “They are not unknown authors,” said Gaby Wood, chief executive of the Booker Prize Foundation. Founded in 1969, the Booker Prize is open to novels from any country published in the U.K. and Ireland.

Source: The Herald September 21, 2023 19:26 UTC