Booker Prize

Ethiopian-American author Maaza Mengiste’s Booker-shortlisted second novel is a tale about the forgotten female soldiers on the frontline of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War and their overpowering inner battles
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Tambu, the complicated anti-hero of the Booker-shortlisted 'This Mournable Body', is fighting to change the pre-determined course of her journey in the face of postcolonial, patriarchal oppression
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Diane Cook tackles the urgency of our deteriorating environment through the experience of a mother-daughter pair that is fighting for survival in the last remaining stretch of land previously untouched by humans
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The 2020 Booker-shortlisted Real Life is told through the perspective of a gay Black man in America, but at its core lies a universal story about the desire for belonging and requited love
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In the 2020 Booker Prize shortlisted Burnt Sugar, author Avni Doshi examines the complicated psyche of a daughter who has to turn caregiver for her Alzheimer’s-afflicted mother and rebuild their corroded relationship
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From a dinner hosted by Nigella Lawson to a celebration of the world's best pianists, Verve gives you the lowdown on the events that should be on your radar this weekend
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