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Gordon Burn Prize Shortlist 2022

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The Gordon Burn Prize celebrates writing outside of the mainstream, covering ‘both fiction and non-fiction, awarding works that are fearless in their ambition and execution, often pushing boundaries, crossing genres, or otherwise challenging readers’ expectations.’  The winner of this year’s prize will be announced on 13 October at the Durham Book Festival.

From the publisher:
'A book that reaches so deeply into the human experience that to read it is to be forever changed'ELIZABETH DAYOne night in October 2015, twenty-year-old Morgan Hehir went out with friends and never came home.In the aftermath of his funny,…

From the publisher:
Usman Khan was convicted of terrorism-related offenses at age 20, and sent to high-security prison. He was released eight years later, and allowed to travel to London for one day, to attend an event marking the fifth anniversary of a prison…

From the publisher:
LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022“A page-turning blast, funny, sinister and perfectly plotted … Rarely has being constantly wrong-footed been so much fun.” James Walton, The Times“Very funny ……

From the publisher:
Winner of the Rathbones Folio Prize Book of the YearShortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize 2022In this intimate and innovative memoir, Pulitzer prize-winning author Margo Jefferson gives us her own personal and intellectual formation.As she…

From the publisher:
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION*'Like an Albanian Educated but so much more. . . Funny, moving but also deadly serious' David RuncimanAn engrossing, unforgettable story of coming of age amid political upheaval'I…

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