136: Booker Prize Retrospective

As the 2019 shortlist is announced, Robert Kirkwood and Red Szell listen back to some past Booker winners 2018 - Red reviews Milkman by Anna Burns (Starts at 1.20) 2017 - Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders (4.38) 2016 - The Sellout by Paul Beatty (15.42) 2015 - A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James (23.58) 2014 -The Long Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan (33.10) 2013 - The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton (44.50) ... all interviews recorded before the winner of that year was announced.

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