Sri Lankan
author wins
Booker
Prize 2022

The winner of the 2022 Booker Prize was announced on October 18. This year's Booker Prize winner was Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilka

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Karunatilka became the second Sri Lankan author to win the prestigious prize and won the Booker for his supernatural satire The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

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The novel is about a war photographer who has woken up dead in what seems to be a celestial visa office. He has 'seven moons' to try and solve the mystery of his death

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Six others were in the running for Booker Prize 2022, which is the world's leading literary award for a single work of fiction

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Nominee

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Title: Small Things Like These
Author: Claire Keegan
Summary: The novella is a celebration of compassion and a stern rebuke of wrong deeds committed in the name of religion

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Title: Treacle Walker
Author: Alan Garner
Summary: It talks about an introspective young mind trying to make sense of the world around him

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Title: The Trees
Author: Percival Everett
Summary: This novel combines an unnerving murder mystery with a powerful condemnation of racism and police violence

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Title: Oh William!
Author: Elizabeth Strout
Summary: The bestselling author returns to her heroine Lucy Barton in this novel about love, loss, and family secrets

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Sri Lankan
author wins
Booker
Prize 2022

The winner of the 2022 Booker Prize was announced on October 18. This year's Booker Prize winner was Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilka

Karunatilka became the second Sri Lankan author to win the prestigious prize and won the Booker for his supernatural satire The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

The novel is about a war photographer who has woken up dead in what seems to be a celestial visa office. He has 'seven moons' to try and solve the mystery of his death

Six others were in the running for Booker Prize 2022, which is the world's leading literary award for a single work of fiction

Nominee

Title: Glory
Author: NoViolet Bulawayo
Summary: The story of an uprising is narrated by a chorus of animal voices to help readers see the human world more clearly

Nominee

Nominee

Nominee

Title: Small Things Like These
Author: Claire Keegan
Summary: The novella is a celebration of compassion and a stern rebuke of wrong deeds committed in the name of religion

Nominee

Nominee

Nominee

Nominee

Title: Treacle Walker
Author: Alan Garner
Summary: It talks about an introspective young mind trying to make sense of the world around him

Nominee

Nominee

Nominee

Nominee

Title: The Trees
Author: Percival Everett
Summary: This novel combines an unnerving murder mystery with a powerful condemnation of racism and police violence

Nominee

Nominee

Nominee

Nominee

Title: Oh William!
Author: Elizabeth Strout
Summary: The bestselling author returns to her heroine Lucy Barton in this novel about love, loss, and family secrets

Nominee

Nominee

Nominee

Nominee

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Sri Lankan author wins Booker Prize 2022

The winner of the 2022 Booker Prize was announced on October 18. This year's Booker Prize winner was Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilka

Karunatilka became the second Sri Lankan author to win the prestigious prize and won the Booker for his supernatural satire The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

The novel is about a war photographer who has woken up dead in what seems to be a celestial visa office. He has 'seven moons' to try and solve the mystery of his death

Six others were in the running for Booker Prize 2022, which is the world's leading literary award for a single work of fiction

Nominee

Title: Glory Author: NoViolet BulawayoSummary: The story of an uprising is narrated by a chorus of animal voices to help readers see the human world more clearly

Nominee

Nominee

Nominee

Title: Small Things Like These Author: Claire KeeganSummary: The novella is a celebration of compassion and a stern rebuke of wrong deeds committed in the name of religion

Nominee

Nominee

Nominee

Nominee

Title: Treacle Walker Author: Alan GarnerSummary: It talks about an introspective young mind trying to make sense of the world around him

Nominee

Nominee

Nominee

Nominee

Title: The Trees Author: Percival EverettSummary: This novel combines an unnerving murder mystery with a powerful condemnation of racism and police violence

Nominee

Nominee

Nominee

Nominee

Title: Oh William! Author: Elizabeth StroutSummary: The bestselling author returns to her heroine Lucy Barton in this novel about love, loss, and family secrets

Nominee

Nominee

Nominee

Nominee

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Sri Lankan
author wins
Booker
Prize 2022

Title: Glory
Author: NoViolet Bulawayo
Summary: The story of an uprising is narrated by a chorus of animal voices to help readers see the human world more clearly

Title: Small Things Like These
Author: Claire Keegan
Summary: The novella is a celebration of compassion and a stern rebuke of wrong deeds committed in the name of religion

Title: Treacle Walker
Author: Alan Garner
Summary: It talks about an introspective young mind trying to make sense of the world around him

Title: The Trees
Author: Percival Everett
Summary: This novel combines an unnerving murder mystery with a powerful condemnation of racism and police violence

Title: Oh William!
Author: Elizabeth Strout
Summary: The bestselling author returns to her heroine Lucy Barton in this novel about love, loss, and family secrets