In the running
Aug 13, 2021
2 minutes
BY JANE VORSTER
IT FELT like such a letdown: she’d poured her heart into writing her new novel, An Island, and yet after months on the shelves it had probably sold fewer than 100 copies.
But late last month something happened to make the whole world aware of Karen Jennings’ labour or love: it was chosen for the Booker Prize longlist.
This means the South African is going up
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