Hi guys! Have you heard about the Man Booker Prize before? It’s like the Oscars but for books. The hashtag is #FinestFiction for Jove sake! This is really prestigious stuff.
The Man Booker Prize was established in 1969. The winner receives £50,000 as well as the £2,500 awarded to each of the shortlisted authors. Both the winner and the shortlisted authors are guaranteed a worldwide readership plus an increase in book sales.
Here is the longlist for 2018. The shortlist was announced on 20, September 2018. I highlighted it in red.
www.manbookerprize.com
You Belinda Bauer (UK), Snap Anna Burns (UK), Milkman Nick Drnaso (USA), Sabrina Esi Edugyan (Canada), WashingtonBlack Guy Gunaratne (UK), In Our Mad and Furious City Daisy Johnson (UK), Everything Under Rachel Kushner (USA), The Mars Room Sophie Mackintosh (Wales, UK), The Water Cure Michael Ondaatje (Canada), Warlight Richard Powers (USA), The Overstory Robin Robertson (Scotland, UK), The Long Take Sally Rooney (Ireland), Normal People Donal Ryan (Ireland), From a Low and Quiet Sea I received a couple of review copies from publishers and you can check out my thoughts on Instagram. Those that I haven’t read will be published here, soonest.
Spoiler Alert: I really rooting for The Overstory by Richard Powers. He is my new favourite writer now! When asked what book he was working on next, he said:
A machine for putting one person directly into the head of another.
What book are you rooting for?
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