Judging panel break rules in choosing The Testaments and Girl, Woman, Other as joint winnersResponse: Booker judges try to have it both waysThe judges of this year’s Booker prize have “explicitly flouted” the rules of the august literary award to choose the first joint winners in almost 30 years: Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo. Related: Booker judges split between huge event novel and obscure choice Continue reading…
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