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Tag: Man Booker prize

Review: The Elected Member by Bernice Rubens

A contained and seething study of madness and familial obligation.

1960s, Fiction, Jewish writers, London, Man Booker prize, Novel, UK

Review: The Promise by Damon Galgut

A story of an Afrikaner family whose fortunes mirror that of post-apartheid South Africa.

Contemporary, Fiction, Man Booker prize, Novel, South Africa

Review: A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam

A meticulous and measured novel of yearning.

Contemporary, Fiction, India, Man Booker prize, Novel, Sri Lanka

Review: The Sweetness Of Water by Nathan Harris

A heartfelt story of rebuilding a ruined society.

Contemporary, Fiction, Man Booker prize, Novel, Slavery, US

Review: Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart

A tale of despair, illness and poverty that captures the swooping highs and devastating lows of life.

Contemporary, gay, Glasgow, Man Booker prize, Novel, queer, Scotland

Review: Real Life by Brandon Taylor

An aching novel of a young man trying to find a place in the world.

America, Fiction, gay, Man Booker prize, Novel, US

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Bodies Of Light tells the story of Holly, a 40-something woman who lives in Vermont. When she is one day contacted by someone who thinks she might be someone else on Facebook, the novel cuts back into the past to explore Holly’s childhood in Melbourne - and why she has taken on several new identities during her life.
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