The Booker Prize Short List – Ben Markovits
This is the fifth of six posts in which we examine the six writers shortlisted for the 2025 Booker Prize, with the winner to be announced on Monday, 10 November. The Architecture of Quiet Confidence: Analysing the Craft of Ben Markovits Ben Markovits’ twelfth novel, The Rest of Our Lives, shortlisted for the 2025 Booker…
The Booker Prize Short List – Kiran Desai
This is the fourth of six posts in which we examine the six writers shortlisted for the 2025 Booker Prize, with the winner to be announced on Monday, 10 November. The Long Game: Kiran Desai’s Craft, Lineage, and Epic Endeavour As the daughter of the celebrated author Anita Desai, Kiran Desai inherited a literary lineage,…
The Booker Prize Short List – Katie Kitamura
This is the third of six posts in which we examine the six writers shortlisted for the 2025 Booker Prize, with the winner to be announced on Monday, 10 November. The Forensic Intellect: Inside the Craft and Contingency of Katie Kitamura Katie Kitamura occupies a rare and pivotal position in contemporary literature, one where the…
The Booker Prize Short List – Susan Choi
This is the second of six posts in which we examine the six writers shortlisted for the 2025 Booker Prize, with the winner to be announced on Monday, 10 November. The Architecture of Memory: Susan Choi’s Flashlight Susan Choi occupies a unique and significant position in contemporary Anglophone literature. Over the course of six major…
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