The promise booker prize5/28/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() He receives £50,000 after seeing off competition from five other shortlisted books. Galgut was announced as the winner of the prize in a ceremony that was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and the BBC News Channel. 'I'm fascinated as a writer by the edge of the map by things that are not said.'įormer archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, writer Horatia Harrod, actress Natascha McElhone and twice Booker Prize shortlisted novelist Chigozie Obioma also featured on the judging panel. 'If the only thing you had was a small window that opened on to these four funerals and you didn't get the full trajectory of the family story, as a reader you'd have to fill in those gaps yourself. ![]() He told the programme: 'It occurred to me that it would be a novel and interesting way of approaching a family saga. US historian Maya Jasanoff, who chaired the judging panel, said: 'We felt among the judges this was a book that really is a tour de force' ![]()
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