The 2020 Booker Prize Shortlist:
Avni Doshi, 'Burnt Sugar'
Brandon Taylor, 'Real Life'
Douglas Stuart, 'Suggie Bain'
Diane Cook, 'The New Wilderness'
Maaza Mengiste, 'The Shadow King'
Tsitsi Dangarembga, 'The Mournable Body'
There are four debut novelists on the list; Diane Cook, Avni Doshi, Douglas Stuart, and Brandon Taylor. Apart from Dangarembga (Zimbabwe), all the authors are from the US or hold joint US citizenship. As a result, there will be continued controversy over the inclusion of US authors which began in 2014. Surprisingly, Hilary Mantel's novel 'The Mirror & The Light', did not make the shortlist. Mantel won the award for both of her earlier books in the Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell) Trilogy. Other notables not making the shortlist were Colum McCann for 'Apeirogon', and Anne Tyler for 'The Redhead on the Side of the Road'.
The winner will be named on 17 November 2020.
Avni Doshi, 'Burnt Sugar'
Brandon Taylor, 'Real Life'
Douglas Stuart, 'Suggie Bain'
Diane Cook, 'The New Wilderness'
Maaza Mengiste, 'The Shadow King'
Tsitsi Dangarembga, 'The Mournable Body'
There are four debut novelists on the list; Diane Cook, Avni Doshi, Douglas Stuart, and Brandon Taylor. Apart from Dangarembga (Zimbabwe), all the authors are from the US or hold joint US citizenship. As a result, there will be continued controversy over the inclusion of US authors which began in 2014. Surprisingly, Hilary Mantel's novel 'The Mirror & The Light', did not make the shortlist. Mantel won the award for both of her earlier books in the Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell) Trilogy. Other notables not making the shortlist were Colum McCann for 'Apeirogon', and Anne Tyler for 'The Redhead on the Side of the Road'.
The winner will be named on 17 November 2020.
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