Salman Rushdie, Margaret Atwood feature in 2019 Booker Prize longlist | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

Salman Rushdie, Margaret Atwood feature in 2019 Booker Prize longlist | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

By Lifestyle Desk |New Delhi |Updated: July 24, 2019 11:27:19 am

Salman Rushdie, Margaret Atwood feature in 2019 Booker Prize longlist

The shortlist will be announced on September 3, and the winner will be declared on October 14.

Salman Rushdie has been nominated for his novel Quichotte. (Source: File Photo)

The long list for the Booker Prize 2019 has been announced, and the best way to describe it would be — exciting and eclectic. However, the 13 novels in the list include books by some familiar authors like Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie, it also marks exclusions of other writers like Ian McEwan and Ali Smith.