The Booker Revisited: An Unflinching Novel of South African History and Inheritance

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Lucy Scholes Reads Achmat Dangor's Bitter Fruit

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The Booker Revisited: On Love's Many Manifestations in <em>A Green Equinox</em>

The Booker Revisited: On Love's Many Manifestations in A Green Equinox

Lucy Scholes Sheds Light On Elizabeth Mavor's Overlooked Modern Classic

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The Booker Revisited: Caroline Blackwood's Darkly Humorous <em>Great Granny Webster</em>

The Booker Revisited: Caroline Blackwood's Darkly Humorous Great Granny Webster

Lucy Scholes Considers Another Contender of Years Past

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The Booker Revisited: Notions of the “Fatherland” in Peter Ho Davies’ <em>The Welsh Girl</em>

The Booker Revisited: Notions of the “Fatherland” in Peter Ho Davies’ The Welsh Girl

Lucy Scholes' Rereads More Titles Considered for the Booker Prize

By Lucy Scholes | June 30, 2023

The Booker Revisited: Why Everyone Should Read <em>The Bay of Noon</em> by Shirley Hazzard

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Lucy Scholes Reads Booker Prize Titles of Years Past

By Lucy Scholes | June 2, 2023

The Booker Revisited: The Mythic Haunting of Marie NDiaye’s <em>Ladivine</em>

The Booker Revisited: The Mythic Haunting of Marie NDiaye’s Ladivine

Lucy Scholes' Next Entry in Her Series on Rereading Titles Considered for the Booker Prize

By Lucy Scholes | May 1, 2023

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