Damon Galgut wins Booker Prize with ‘tour de force’ novel The Promise
South African author Damon Galgut wins the prestigious literary award at the third attempt. …
Why? On the one hand it is a gripping saga, following the decline and fall of a white South African family over four decades. It is packed with incident – sex, drugs, shootings – and there is drama, discord and death. But there is also plenty of unexpected comedy to lighten the mood. It made me laugh.
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