Not the Booker prize 2019: Lara Williams wins with Supper Club
https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2019/oct/11/not-the-booker-prize-2019-winner-live
Despite technical troubles, the judges have selected Supper Club by Lara Williams as the winner of this year’s award
First: the important thing. We have a winner of the Not the Booker Prize. Our judges, after diligently reading all the books, and sharing their thoughts and ideas throughout the process, have unanimously decided that the award should go to Supper Club by Lara Williams. This feels like a fantastic choice to me. It’s a superb debut novel from a writer bursting with talent. She has a great deal to say about our common humanity and the world we live in. Plus, this novel is hilariously funny and deeply moving. I’m delighted.
Second: the small print. In selecting Supper Club, the judges overruled the public vote and The Unauthorised Biography of Ezra Maas by Daniel James.
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