Books by Rachel Kushner and Percival Everett Make Booker Prize Shortlist
The shortlist, revealed during an event in London, also includes Yael van der Wouden’s “ The Safekeep ,” an erotically-charged novel about a Dutch woman who unexpectedly falls for her brother’s girlfriend, and Samantha Harvey’s “ Orbital ,” about six astronauts circling the earth on a space station.
For the most part, Rachel Kushner’s fourth novel succeeds as a fiercely intelligent and richly entertaining story of a woman learning more about who she is and where she came from while deep ...
Creation Lake is currently longlisted for the Booker Prize. Our reviewer believes it’s one of the most important novels to ...
Kushner seduces us with femme fatale Smith – a cynical, morally dubious spy who manipulates and exploits the eco-activists ...
The Booker Prize-nominated author also recalls daydreaming about Sasquatch and how that informed an element of the novel.
In Creation Lake, a hard-drinking American spy infiltrates a radical farming collective in a remote region of France. Kushner ...
Rachel Kushner is one tough customer. She disdains sentimentality and traditional storytelling, instead challenging readers to keep up with her and not to flinch. Creation Lake is an espionage ...
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