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Booker shortlist 2025: six novels (mostly) about middle age that are anything but safe and comfortable

Booker shortlist 2025: six novels (mostly) about middle age that are anything but safe and comfortable

These Booker nominations respond in part to society’s emphasis on youth – which is commonly reflected in publishing.

26.09.2025 7

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Jenni Ramone

Mr Loverman: a beautifully realised TV drama that is faithful to the novel – with a few subtle changes

The first episode of the TV adaptation of Mr Loverman is preceded by the quotation: “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can...

01.11.2024 4

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Han Kang: innovative South Korean author wins the 2024 Nobel prize for literature

It’s often the case that when poets write novels, they deliver arrestingly vivid and nimble prose. Han Kang’s The Vegetarian (2007) is a case in...

10.10.2024 2

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Jenni Ramone