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As Kiran Desai eyes a second Booker, we remember 3 times her mother Anita Desai made it to the shortlist
As Kiran Desai returns to the Booker Prize longlist nearly two decades after her win, we look back at the three novels that ...
Booker Prize longlist 2025 ‘alive with great characters and narrative surprises’, says chair of judges Roddy Doyle
Roddy Doyle, chair of this year’s judges and a former Booker Prize winner with Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha in 1993, said the novels ...
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Literary Titans Compete Again: Kiran Desai's Epic Return to the Booker Prize
After nearly 20 years, celebrated Indian author Kiran Desai returns to the Booker Prize with her new novel, 'The Loneliness ...
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Kiran Desai makes Booker comeback after 19 years with tale of Indian lives in America
According to the Booker Prize website, the novel follows the lives of Sonia and Sunny, two young people navigating the many ...
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Booker 2025 longlist: three nods for Faber as Fitzcarraldo Editions secures first nomination
Faber scores a hat-trick on the Booker longlist while Fitzcarraldo Editions gets its first nod. Natasha Brown, Andrew Miller ...