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The Orwell Prize for Political Fiction 2022

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The nine authors on the 2022 Political Fiction list are all first time Orwell Prize nominees, in the fourth year of The Orwell Prize for Political Fiction.  As chair of judges Adam Roberts says, ‘What all these brilliant novels have in common, and what so impressed the judges, was the various ways they explored the politics of everyday life: personal, racial, linguistic, familial, environmental.’

See the Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2022 Shortlist here

From the publisher:
A storm, a disappearance, a band of women and a remote island where anything is possible...'Fantastic - a wonderful book' Lily Cole'Magical, rich and magnificent' Maxine Peake'A wild ride! She sees Graves' White Goddess and raises 50 with…

From the publisher:
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2021It begins with a message: a telephone call informing Krishan that his grandmother”s former care-giver, Rani, has died in unexpected circumstances, at the bottom of a well in her village in the…

From the publisher:
SHORTLISTED FOR THE FOLIO PRIZE 2022SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2021SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG FICTION AWARD 2021'Diamond-sharp, timely and urgent' Observer, Best Debuts of 2021'Subtle, elegant, scorching'…

From the publisher:
‘SUFFUSED WITH JOY’ Guardian, ‘PROPHETIC’ Daily Mail, ‘BEAUTIFUL’ Scotsman, ‘IMMERSIVE’ IMAGEPerched on a hill above a village by the sea, the high house has a…

From the publisher:
** A Book of the Year in The Times – The New Statesman – Observer – Financial Times – Irish Times – Irish Independent – Times Literary Supplement…

From the publisher:
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022‘Vivid and memorable.’ SARAH MOSS‘Luminous.’ Observer‘I utterly ADORED it.’ MARIAN KEYESHe handed the easel to the…

From the publisher:
From the Costa Award winner, a highly inventive and and humane novel about our relationship with technology and our addiction to innovation.'Are they paying you extra for this? You'd better be getting something. For the inconvenience, I…

From the publisher:
Shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize & the Orwell Prize for FictionA Sunday Times Fiction Book of the Year‘a serious accomplishment‘ Sunday Times‘vivid and expansive‘ Sophie…

From the publisher:
Winner of the Goldsmiths Prize 2021Sterling is arrested one morning without having done anything wrong. Plunged into a terrifying and nonsensical world, Sterling – with the help of their three best friends – must defy…

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