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The novel examines issues of the Hindu religion, caste, loyalty, corruption, and poverty in India. [2] The novel has been well-received, making the New York Times bestseller list in addition to winning the Booker Prize. [3] Aravind Adiga, 33 at the time, was the second youngest writer as well as the fourth debut writer to win the prize. [4]
Selection Day is a 2016 sports fiction novel written by Booker Prize winner Aravind Adiga. It was shortlisted along with four other writers for the 2017 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature. [1] It tells the story of Mohan Kumar, a chutney seller who trains his two sons: Manju Kumar and Radha Krishna for Mumbai's under-19 cricket team.
Published in March 2008, the book won the Booker Prize later that year. [18] [19] He is the fourth Indian-born author to win the prize, after Salman Rushdie, Arundhati Roy, and Kiran Desai. [20] Propelled mainly by the Booker Prize win, The White Tiger ' s Indian hardcover edition sold more than 200,000 copies. [21] The book received critical ...
A selection of 13 “timely and timeless” books that “navigate what it means to belong, to be displaced and to return” have been longlisted for the 2024 Booker prize.. Two British authors ...
Aravind Adiga: The White Tiger: Picaresque novel: India Atlantic: Sebastian Barry: The Secret Scripture: Novel Ireland Faber & Faber: Amitav Ghosh: Sea of Poppies: Novel India John Murray: Linda Grant: The Clothes on Their Backs: Novel UK Virago: Philip Hensher: The Northern Clemency: Novel UK 4th Estate: Steve Toltz: A Fraction of the Whole ...
— The Booker Prizes (@TheBookerPrizes) November 26, 2023 The 46-year-old, who lives in the Irish capital, said: “No, it’s not (a political book) and I find myself being shaped into a ...
The following is a list of winners and shortlisted authors of the Booker Prize for Fiction. The prize has been awarded each year since 1969 to the best original full-length novel, written in the English language, by a citizen of the Commonwealth of Nations or the Republic of Ireland. In 2014, it was opened for the first time to any work ...
The winner of the 2024 Booker Prize will be announced on Tuesday 12 November, and will be awarded £50,000 in prize money. ... including the Orange Prize for Fiction, and her books have been ...