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British novelist Andrew Miller And Indian Author Kiran Desai The bookmakers are the favorites to claim the prize Booker Prize for Fictionin which the winner will be announced at a ceremony London On Monday.
Both authors are among six finalists competing for the prestigious literary prize, which not only offers a £50,000 prize but also provides a significant boost to the recipient’s sales and public profile. This year’s winner, selected from 153 novels submitted, will be selected by a judging panel comprising irish Writer Roddy Doyle and Actor sarah jessica parker,
uk bookmaker William Hill The 64-year-old Miller is placed at 15-8 odds to win land in winterHer novel is a story of love and secrets, focusing on two rural couples. England During the extraordinary cold of 1962–63. miller was the first one booker Finalist in 2001 for his work oxygen,
54-year-old Desai is in second place with chances of 2-1 Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, It is his first novel in two decades.
This story of about 700 pages is based on two youth Indian As they navigate life United States of America Around the turn of the millennium. It is Desai’s third novel and his first after legacy of lossWhich won him the Booker Prize in 2006.
If she wins, Desai will become only the fifth author to achieve a double Booker win, joining the ranks of JM Coetzee, Peter Carey. margaret atwoodAnd Hilary MantelOnline bookmaker Betway has also named Miller as the frontrunner, followed by Desai.
Hungarian-British writer David Szalay fleshwhich depicts decades of one man’s life with ornate naturalism, has attracted considerable betting interest in the days leading up to the ceremony.
The remaining contenders on the shortlist are Susan Choi’s complex family saga torchKatie Kitamura’s search for acting and identity hearingand Ben Markowitz’s midlife-crisis road trip, the rest of our lives,
Roddy Doyle, Booker winner himself in 1993 paddy clarke ha ha hanoted that all six shortlisted books tackle important issues including migration and class in a “brilliantly humane” way.
Established in 1969, the Booker Prize has built a formidable reputation for transforming writers’ careers. This includes an exclusive list of past winners Salman Rushdie, Ian McEwan, Arundhati Royand Samantha Harvey, who won the 2024 award for her space station story of class,
open initially English-Novels in UK, Ireland and other languages commonwealthThe award expanded its eligibility to include American writers in 2014. While concerns were raised about “American takeover” at the time, these have proven largely unfounded, this year’s shortlist included three American writers – Choi, Kitamura and Markowitz – and Desai, who has long lived in New York.