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In our first episode, our hosts – author and critic Jo Hamya and broadcaster and critic James Walton – get to know each other by discussing their favourite books from the Booker Library – the name we give to all the books that have been nominated for (or won!) the International Booker Prize and Booker Prize over the last 50-odd years.
This episode contains significant plot details.
In this episode Jo and James talk about:
- Why No One is Talking About This, a novel that captures our deep entanglement with the internet through its blend of laugh-out-loud humour and beautifully-observed prose, could have won the 2021 Booker Prize.
- Why Patrick McCabe's The Butcher Boy’ a 1992 Booker shortlistee that follows a young man's descent into madness in small-town Ireland, isn't a virtuous read but it is one that will blow your socks off.
Books discussed in this episode:
- Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood
- No One is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/no-one-is-talking-about-this
- Fake Accounts by Lauren Oyler
- The Butcher Boy by Patrick McCabe: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/the-butcher-boy
Further reading:
- A Q&A with Patricia Lockwood: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/features/patricia-lockwood-qa
A full transcript of the conversation is available on our website: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/features/the-booker-prize-podcast-episode-1-the-best-booker-books-ever-maybe
Follow The Booker Prize Podcast so you never miss an episode. Visit thebookerprizes.com/podcast to find out more about us, and follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Tiktok @thebookerprizes.
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The Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world, and has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over five decades. Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK and Ireland.
Previous winners include The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, The Promise by Damon Galgut, Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Bone People by Keri Hulme and many more.
#TheBookerPrize
In our first episode, our hosts – author and critic Jo Hamya and broadcaster and critic James Walton – get to know each other by discussing their favourite books from the Booker Library – the name we give to all the books that have been nominated for (or won!) the International Booker Prize and Booker Prize over the last 50-odd years.
This episode contains significant plot details.
In this episode Jo and James talk about:
- Why No One is Talking About This, a novel that captures our deep entanglement with the internet through its blend of laugh-out-loud humour and beautifully-observed prose, could have won the 2021 Booker Prize.
- Why Patrick McCabe's The Butcher Boy’ a 1992 Booker shortlistee that follows a young man's descent into madness in small-town Ireland, isn't a virtuous read but it is one that will blow your socks off.
Books discussed in this episode:
- Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood
- No One is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/no-one-is-talking-about-this
- Fake Accounts by Lauren Oyler
- The Butcher Boy by Patrick McCabe: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/the-butcher-boy
Further reading:
- A Q&A with Patricia Lockwood: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/features/patricia-lockwood-qa
A full transcript of the conversation is available on our website: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/features/the-booker-prize-podcast-episode-1-the-best-booker-books-ever-maybe
Follow The Booker Prize Podcast so you never miss an episode. Visit thebookerprizes.com/podcast to find out more about us, and follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Tiktok @thebookerprizes.
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The Booker Prizes on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebookerprizes
The Booker Prizes on Twitter: twitter.com/TheBookerPrizes
The Booker Prizes on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBookerPrizes
The Booker Prizes on Instagram: instagram.com/thebookerprizes
The Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world, and has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over five decades. Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK and Ireland.
Previous winners include The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, The Promise by Damon Galgut, Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Bone People by Keri Hulme and many more.
#TheBookerPrize
