How the Booker Shortlist Came to Be

Booker judge Giles Foden lets readers in on the process that saw the big names in literature cut from the Booker shortlist. What are the weighty factors? Does subject matter trump psychological effect, for instance? Does literary style win out over characterization? Here’s what went on behind the scenes.

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