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Six novelists shortlisted for this year’s Booker Prize
Six writers are shortlisted for this year’s Booker Prize, one of the leading awards for fiction written in English.
The finalists include Jamaican novelist Marlon James, Scottish writer Douglas Stuart and US novelist Elizabeth Strout, alongside M John Harrison, Luke Kennard and Rebecca Perry.
James won in 2015 for *A Brief History of Seven Killings*, while Stuart won in 2020 for *Shuggie Bain*.
The judges cut seven books from the July longlist, and said reaching their final choices was difficult.
They said the shortlisted books take risks and reflect human experience.
The winner will receive £50,000, with the award due to be announced in London on Monday evening.
The ceremony will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 4’s *Front Row*.
Six novels have been shortlisted for this year’s Booker Prize.
The contenders include past winners Marlon James and Douglas Stuart, as well as Elizabeth Strout, M John Harrison, Luke Kennard and Rebecca Perry.
The judges described choosing the shortlist as “a tussle”.
The winner will receive £50,000 and will be announced in London on Monday evening.
- Who
- The six shortlisted novelists are Marlon James, Douglas Stuart, Elizabeth Strout, M John Harrison, Luke Kennard and Rebecca Perry.
- What
- They are contenders for this year’s Booker Prize.
- When
- The winner will be announced on Monday evening. The year is not stated for that announcement.
- Where
- The winner will be announced in London.
- Why
- The novels were selected by the Booker Prize judges; the judges said the final choices were books that took risks as well as having heart.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Seven books on the longlist were later removed from consideration.
The shortlist was announced.
The winner will be announced in London.
- Shortlist size
- Six novels
- Prize money
- £50,000
- Marlon James
- Shortlisted for The Disappearers
- Douglas Stuart
- Shortlisted for John of John
- M John Harrison
- Shortlisted for The End of Everything
- Announcement location
- London
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What people are saying
has been, to put it mildly, hard work
All of us individually had a different idea for a shortlist and then it was a tussle.
as well as having heart, also took risk