South African writer Damon Galgut, author of The Promise, speaks to Ted Hodgkinson (Head of Literature and Spoken Word at Southbank Centre) just days before it is announced that The Promise has won the 2021 Booker Prize.You can find out more about The Promise here: https://bit.ly/306y1rpBooks and authors mentioned:Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf https://bit.ly/3BWMjHXHowards End by E. M. Forster https://bit.ly/2ZYO22UWilliam Faulkner https://bit.ly/3bOdCK7Patrick White https://bit.ly/3kfQ7OFSubscribe to get notifications about future episodes!Follow us on Twitter @vintagebooks ᛫ Sign up to the Vintage newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: sign up here ᛫ Music by puremusic Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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