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11 of the funniest novels from the Booker Library
Looking for a book to put a smile on your face? We’ve trawled the Booker Prize archives in search of the wittiest works, from biting social satire to family farce
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Tsitsi Dangarembga Q&A
Tsitsi Dangarembga speaks about the 2020 Booker Prize-shortlisted This Mournable Body, a searing novel about the obstacles faced by the women of Zimbabwe
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The Booker Prize 2022 shortlist announced - shows geographical breadth and reimagines real events
NoViolet Bulawayo, Percival Everett, Alan Garner, Shehan Karunatilaka, Claire Keegan and Elizabeth Strout are the shortlistees for the Booker Prize 2022
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Sarah Perry interview: ‘Every writer can learn from the plotting of a good crime novelist’
The author of Enlightenment, longlisted for the Booker Prize 2024, shares the childhood memory that inspired her latest book, and her admiration for the ‘faultless’ novel by J.L. Carr
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Audrey Magee interview: 'I loved being a journalist, but I was searching for a different truth'
With The Colony longlisted for the Booker Prize 2022, Audrey Magee talks about and why her book is more bildungsroman than fable
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The Dressmaker at 50: a novel that encapsulates Beryl Bainbridge’s idiosyncrasies
An uncompromising and funny story of love and death, The Dressmaker was the first of five novels by Beryl Bainbridge to be shortlisted for the Booker.
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The Booker Prize Podcast, Episode 6: Longlist reaction
In this episode of The Booker Prize Podcast, our hosts are joined by the FT’s literary editor Frederick Studemann to discuss the Booker Prize 2023 longlist
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Salman Rushdie has opened doors between real and imagined worlds
Gaby Wood writes on Salman Rushdie and why we must celebrate his limitless imagination and his impact on the literary landscape
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John Banville interview: ‘Even the bleakest works of art offer consolation’
Twenty years after winning the Booker, the author reflects on his outsider victory with The Sea, his enduring admiration for Georges Simenon, and the inevitability of failure in the pursuit of art
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10 Booker Prize-nominated books that feature unlikely friendships
Many novels in the Booker Library feature improbable pairings, showing that close personal connections can be made in the most unexpected circumstances. Here are some of our favourites