The organisers of the Man Booker Prize have announced that a one-off Best of the Booker award will be presented this year to ‘the best novel to have won the prize since it was first awarded in 1969.'
The organisers of the Man Booker Prize have announced that a one-off Best of the Booker award will be presented this year to ‘the best novel to have won the prize since it was first awarded in 1969.'
A six-person judging team headed by Victoria Glendenning will select a shortlist of six titles, chosen from the 41 books that have won the Booker in the past 39 years (There were two winners in 1974 and 1992).
The shortlist will then be put to a public vote, with the winner being announced in July as part of the London Literature Festival.
For more information, including a list of the 41 books in contention, see the Man Booker Prize website.
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