Uploaded September 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Lucy shares her thoughts on the Booker Prize Shortlist and reviews Quichotte by Salman Rushdie and Girl Woman Other by Bernadine Evaristo, which both feature. Please share your thoughts in the comments!

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The shortlist:
The Testaments by Margret Atwood
Quichotte by Salman Rushdie
An Orchestra of Minorities by Chigozie Obioma
Girl Woman Other by Bernadine Evaristo
Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann
10 minutes and 38 Seconds in this strange world by Elif Shafak

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