![]() The winner and shortlist finalists of the 2021 Booker Prize:ĭescriptions provided by Amazon and edited for length and clarity.Īvailable on Amazon and Bookshop, from $23.99 Some of the buzziest titles of the year made the longlist and not the shortlist, such as " Klara and the Sun" by Kazuo Ishiguro, a former recipient of both the Booker and Nobel Prize. ![]() ![]() The Booker Prize's six 2021 finalists (listed below) included poet Patricia Lockwood, whose fragmentary debut novel, " No One Is Talking About This," is partially written in internet lingo ( we're fans) Nadifa Mohamed, whose book " The Fortune Men" follows a man in danger of being wrongfully convicted of murder in Wales and Anuk Arudpragasam, whose novel " A Passage North" examines human longing against the backdrop of Sri Lanka's 30-year civil war. By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from InsiderĪs well as other partner offers and accept ourĪfter months of reading and rereading submissions, the Booker Prize Foundation awarded Damon Galgut's "The Promise" - which dissects the downfall of a white South African family - the prestigious 2021 Booker Prize.
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