Timothy Mo

Jul 1, 2024 | thebookerprizes.com | Iris Murdoch |Molly Keane |Timothy Mo |Ian McEwan

Looking for a book to put a smile on your face? We’ve trawled the Booker Prize archives in search of the wittiest works, from biting social satire to family farce  Written by John Self Publication date and time: Published July 1, 2024You might have concluded from some recent Booker Prize winners that great novels aren’t funny any more.

Jan 17, 2024 | thebookerprizes.com | Timothy Mo |Martin Amis |Kazuo Ishiguro |Ian McEwan

‘We were correct to think that we had no control over our destinies,’ thinks hotelier turned guerrilla fighter Adolph Ng in Timothy Mo’s The Redundancy of Courage, as he and his soldiers flee from invading forces, spar with the enemy, patch up the wounded and leave the dead behind. In Mo’s three Booker-shortlisted novels, characters are swept up in the currents of history, dogged by forces beyond their control, and become the playthings of gangs, empires, and warring political powers.

Jan 2, 2024 | thebookerprizes.com | Iris Murdoch |Molly Keane |Timothy Mo |Ian McEwan

Looking to start the year with a book to put a smile on your face? We’ve trawled the Booker Prize archives in search of the wittiest works, from biting social satire to family farce  Written by John Self Publication date and time: Published January 2, 2024You might have concluded from some recent Booker Prize winners that great novels aren’t funny any more.