Bob The Bookerer | The 1988 Booker Prize Shortlist: Absurdity and Memory @BobTheBookerer | Uploaded January 2024 | Updated October 2024, 6 hours ago.
Hello! I’m Bob, and as part of my Booker project, here’s me looking back over the 1988 shortlist!

Books Mentioned:

00:00 Introduction
00:30 Peter Carey- Oscar and Lucinda
02:31 Bruce Chatwin- Utz
04:42 Penelope Fitzgerald- The Beginning of Spring
08:15 David Lodge- Nice Work
11:30 Salman Rushdie- The Satanic Verses
14:11 Marina Warner- The Lost Father
16:14 End Chatter and Favourites

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