#jarvis-cocker

#jarvis-cocker

So much contemporary fiction is based on history, or inspired by myth, that Booker prize judges often find themselves asking: What is a novel's role in relation to the past? What can the imagination do with facts?' said Gaby Wood, chief executive of the Booker prize foundation. These questions offer ways to think about fiction of all kinds, and I'm delighted that the distinguished and much-loved classical scholar Mary Beard has agreed to steer this year's panel.