{"id":29347,"date":"2021-11-03T17:16:32","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T21:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/?p=29347"},"modified":"2021-11-03T17:16:32","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T21:16:32","slug":"2021-booker-prize-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2021\/11\/03\/2021-booker-prize-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 Booker Prize Winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column 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sep-underline sep-solid fusion-title-center fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-center fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:33;line-height:1.45;\">The 2021 Booker Prize Winner<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/56508\/9781609456580\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"29195\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2021\/09\/14\/2021-booker-prize-shortlist\/the-promise\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/The-Promise.jpg?fit=1695%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1695,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/The-Promise.jpg?resize=1017%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1017w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/The-Promise.jpg?resize=1200%2C1812&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/The-Promise.jpg?resize=1356%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1356w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/The-Promise.jpg?w=1695&amp;ssl=1 1695w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" \/><\/a>Damon Galgut&#8217;s <em>The Promise<\/em> is the winner of the 2021 Booker Prize!<\/p>\n<p>I have not read <em>The Promise<\/em> yet, though I have a copy and will be reading it soon, but I was hoping he&#8217;d take the prize this year all the same. I have loved his books in the past &#8212; indeed, I would have given the prize to <a href=\"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2010\/08\/26\/damon-galgut-in-a-strange-room\/\"><em>In a Strange Room<\/em><\/a> back in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>The most active place I&#8217;ve found discussing the prize all year round is . . . <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/topic\/group_folder\/305622\">The Mookse and the Gripes Goodreads group<\/a>, so go over there and join in.<\/p>\n<p>Congrats to Damon Galgut! 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