List comprises 13 writers of fiction, from NoViolet Bulawayo to Leila Mottley, described as ‘stimulating, surprising, nourishing’ by judging panel
when she 17, inspired by a real-life case of police officers sexually abusing a young woman in Oakland, California.
– as well as two authors from Ireland: Claire Keegan and Audrey Magee. The final spot is taken by Shehan Karunatilaka, who is the second Sri Lankan in two years to be nominated. Burnet, who was shortlisted for the prize in 2016 for His Bloody Project, is this year longlisted for Case Study, about a woman who believes a charismatic psychotherapist has driven her sister to suicide. Strout’s Oh William! is part of her Lucy Barton series, and sees the character reconnect with her first husband. It was with her first Lucy Barton book, My Name is Lucy Barton, that Strout was shortlisted for the Booker in 2016.
MacGregor said the books on the list “reflect – and reflect on – the preoccupations of our planet over the last few years”, addressing how “we imagine disease as a living enemy to be fought on a daily basis, questions of racial and gender injustice, and the fragility of the political order”.
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