Booker: A Surprising Year

This year’s Booker shortlist is something of a mystery, eschewing plenty of big names. “All but one of the big names in fiction, including that of Martin Amis, once the darling of literary London, were culled. Instead, the judges came up with one of the most surprising lists in the 35-year history of the prize. It includes the highest number of both first novelists – three – and women writers – four.”