Percival Everett interview: 'How long did it take to write The Trees? Sixty-three years' With The Trees shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2022, we spoke to Percival Everett about what ranching taught him about writing, why oppressive regimes want an under-educated populace and why he tries to get people laughing
Graeme Macrae Burnet interview: 'I like to surround my characters with real people' With Case Study longlisted for the Booker Prize 2022, we spoke to Graeme Macrae Burnet about his nomination and what winning the prize would mean to him
Reading Guide: The Trees by Percival Everett Explore Percival Everett’s Booker Prize 2022 shortlisted novel The Trees with your book club using our guide and discover why the judges said it ‘asks questions about history and justice and allows not a single easy answer.’
Criminally good: How crime fiction crept up on the Booker longlist For decades, Booker-nominated authors have been tangled up in criminal activity. But why has a traditional crime novel never won the prize?