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Salman Rushdie, Percival Everett and Miranda July are National Book Award finalists
NEW YORK (AP) — Salman Rushdie's memoir a bout his near-fatal stabbing, “Knife,” and Percival Everett's revisionist historical novel, “James," are among the finalists for the 75th annual National Book Awards. Others nominated include author-filmmaker Miranda July for her explicit novel on...
Percival Everett and Rachel Kushner are among 6 Booker Prize finalists
LONDON (AP) — American writers Percival Everett and Rachel Kushner are among six finalists shortlisted for the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction this year, organizers said Monday. Five of the six authors are women — the largest number in the prize's 55-year history. ...
Percival Everett, Rachel Kushner and Miranda July are fiction nominees for National Book Awards
NEW YORK (AP) — Percival Everett's “James,” his acclaimed retelling of Mark Twain's “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” is a fiction nominee for the National Book Awards. The long list of 10 also includes Rachel Kushner's innovative thriller, “Creation Lake,” and novelist-filmmaker...
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HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “The Games Gods Play (deluxe ltd. ed.)" by Abigail Owen (Red Tower) 2. “Passions in Death" by J.D. Robb (St. Martin’s) 3. “The Cursed (special ed.)" by Harper L. Woods (Bramble) 4. “Vince Flynn: Capture or...
US authors make up almost half the 13 semifinalists for the Booker Prize for fiction
LONDON (AP) — Six American writers including Rachel Kushner, Percival Everett and Tommy Orange are among 13 semifinalists announced Tuesday for the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction. Pulitzer Prize-winning Cheyenne and Arapaho author Orange is the first Native American Booker...