The winner of this year’s Booker Prize will be announced at a ceremony in London at around 10pm this evening – it is usually announced on the BBC’s 10 o’clock news. You can livestream the event via the Booker’s YouTube, Instagram and TikTok channels.
I have reviewed three of the titles on here (Elizabeth Strout’s The Things We Never Say, Marlon James’s The Disappearers and Douglas Stuart’s John of John) and I have just completed Rebecca Perry’s May We Feed the King.
For my personal favourite of those I have read so far, I would be hard-pressed to choose between Elizabeth Strout and Douglas Stuart – I would be very happy if Strout won it because I think her work is so deceptively rich and unique. My strong suspicion, however, is that it’s Marlon James’s to lose. Rebecca Perry’s novel is interesting and engaging but not quite Booker material for me – I’ll post my review later this week.
So, I am usually wrong (ha ha) – I think the last time I was right about the winner was when Douglas Stuart won for Shuggie Bain in 2020. I’ll be tuning in at 9.45pm to find out!
