In this Man Booker 2018 longlist interview Robin Robertson tells us why he wanted to challenge himself to write a book on a large scale
Robin Robertson
Robin Robertson is from the north-east coast of Scotland and has published six books of poetry
His work has received various accolades, including the Petrarca-Preis, the E.M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and all three Forward Prizes. The Long Take - a narrative poem set in post-war America - won the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, the Goldsmiths Prize for innovative fiction, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2018.
All nominated books
Robin Robertson’s lyrical narrative follows a good man haunted by war and violence - yet resolved to find kindness again, in the world and in himself
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Six Booker Prize-nominated books set in the USA
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