The annual Man Booker Prize is awarded to the novel deemed best by an extensive panel of judges in Britain. Writers in both America and post-colonial countries can also enter. Each year the search is narrowed to a Long List of 13 books, then the Short List of 6 from which the winner is chosen. These novels are not for the faint hearted! They often explore contentious contemporary issues or the lives of families or individuals experiencing the difficulties of modern life.
The judges said of the Long List: All of these books – which take in slavery, ecology, missing persons, inner-city violence, young love, prisons, trauma, race – capture something about a world on the brink. Among their many remarkable qualities is a willingness to take risks with form.
The 2018 winner of the Booker was The Mars Room by American writer Rachel Kushner. You can google the 2018 Man Booker Long List to see the complete list.
If you are curious about some of the best contemporary fiction of the last year…please join us. You will be expected to obtain your own copy of the books the group chooses to read, either by buying an e-book version, borrowing from a library, or purchasing a hard copy.
Meg Dillon
The judges said of the Long List: All of these books – which take in slavery, ecology, missing persons, inner-city violence, young love, prisons, trauma, race – capture something about a world on the brink. Among their many remarkable qualities is a willingness to take risks with form.
The 2018 winner of the Booker was The Mars Room by American writer Rachel Kushner. You can google the 2018 Man Booker Long List to see the complete list.
If you are curious about some of the best contemporary fiction of the last year…please join us. You will be expected to obtain your own copy of the books the group chooses to read, either by buying an e-book version, borrowing from a library, or purchasing a hard copy.
Meg Dillon
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