The US novelist on writing about her niece’s death, her ‘meaningful’ crystal egg and her fantasy life as a standup comic
, was shortlisted for last year’s Booker prize, as well as the Women’s prize for fiction. A contributing editor at theOn the night of the Booker ceremony, you looked absolutely thrilled forI was. I was also relieved on my own behalf. To win the Booker is a very big thing, particularly when you’re younger and you have a debut novel. I was relieved that it was Damon because he had been held in the torturous flames of the shortlist for so long.
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