Most diverse Booker Prize shortlist? Women, writers of colour and debut novels dominate
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The six books that have been shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction this year.
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SINGAPORE - The Booker Prize for Fiction produced a shocker of a shortlist this year, passing over the usual heavyweights for what has been hailed as its most diverse final slate to date.
All six writers on the shortlist are first-time nominees for the prestigious £50,000 (S$88,800) award. Women form the majority, as do writers of colour.
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