Booker Prize Shortlist

Hello Gentle Reader

Because of some internet inconveniences via connection, I could not post the announced Booker Prize shortlist until today; despite it being released yesterday.

Here is the Booker Prize Shortlist in no particular order; the list will state the author – nominated novel – country. Enjoy Gentle Reader:

Marlon James – “A Brief History of Seven Killings,” – Jamaica

Chigozie Obioma – “The Fishermen,” – Nigeria

Tom McCarthy – “Satin Island,” – United Kingdom

Sunjeev Sahota – “The Year of the Runaways,” – United Kingdom

Ann Tyler – “A Spool of Blue Thread,” – United States

Hanya Yanagihara – “A Little Life,” – United States

There you have it Gentle Reader, the six finalists for this year’s Booker Prize. There is a total of two United Kingdom writers, and two United States writers, with one writer from Jamaica, and one writer from Nigeria. Yet it is interesting to see the American giantess of American contemporary literature Marilynne Robinson, does not appear on the shortlist, despite thoughts that she was a hot contender. What this year’s Booker Prize appears to show, a continual interest into younger writers, and books that have not necessarily been picked up by the Booker Prize in past years. The stories range from post-modernist accounts discussing the possibility of what ‘tomorrow,’ may look like; to the life of new immigrants; all the way to a book that discusses the assassination of Bob Marley and the crack wars of New York. It is a varied and interesting list. But once again it were to appear, that the list appears to come down to a challenge between writers from the United Kingdom and writers from the United States.

At the end of the day though Gentle Reader:

Good Luck to all the shortlist writers!

Thank-you For Reading Gentle Reader

Take Care

And As Always

Stay Well Read

M. Mary