2016 Man Booker Prize Winner Announced
The 2016 Man Booker Prize has been awarded to American author Paul Beatty's satirical novel, The Sellout. The African American narrator, known only by his surname Me, finds himself in court defending himself against a charge of keeping a slave.
The Sellout by Paul Beatty
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The other finalists were:
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All that Man is by David Szalay
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David Szalay was born in Montreal but has spent most of his life in Europe. His novel All That Man Is is a collection of linked short stories exploring stages in the life of men. The characters include a teenager exploring Europe, his ageing grandfather, a tabloid journalist, and a suicidal billionaire. Although the characters are very different, they are all lonely and struggling with the competing forces of love and money.
Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien
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Canadian writer Madeleine Thien's novel Do Not Say We Have Nothing tells the story of 3 music students in China before, during and after the Cultural Revolution. After years of study, the students are stripped of their identities as musicians and the loss of music they love. It has also been shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize.
Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh
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American novelist Ottessa Moshfeg's Eileen tells the story of a woman in small town Massachusetts in the 1960s. Narrated by the title character, Eileen looks back on her life as a young woman living an increasingly desperate life working at a juvenile correctional facility and living with her abusive father.
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His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet
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Scottish writer Graeme Macrae Burnet's novel His Bloody Project was published by a small independent Glasgow publisher and was inspired by the true story of a 19th century French peasant who committed murders and wrote about them. Burnet has moved the story to rural Scotland and takes the opportunity to explore the relationship between aristocratic landowners and their poor tenant farmers.
Hot Milk by Deborah Levy
Hot Milk by South African born novelist Deborah Levy is about family relationships. Sofia and her mother Rose have come to Southern Spain to visit a medical clinic in the hope that a cure can be found for Rose's mysterious paralysis. The malady has put Rose in a wheelchair but has confined Sofia as well–she is trapped caring for her mother with no end in sight. Will this possible quack give them the cure they seek or is he just exploiting their desperation?
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