ollowing the announcement of this year's Booker Prize shortlist (just too late, alas, for this edition of the Oldie) we fearlessly predict that by Sebastian Barry, (Faber, 272pp, £16.99) the story of a retired policeman looking back at his life, will make the cut. ‘’Nobody writes like, nobody takes risks like, nobody pushes the language, and the heart, and
Fiction
Sep 20, 2023
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