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Percival Everett and Rachel Kushner make the 2024 Booker prize shortlist

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Percival Everett and Rachel Kushner make the 2024 Booker prize shortlist

Sep 16 2024

Percival Everett, Rachel Kushner and Anne Michaels are among the writers whose novels have been shortlisted for the 2024 Booker prize. The list of six includes five books by female authors, the highest number of women shortlisted in the prize’s 55-year history.

Source: The Guardian

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