Booker Prize 2021 goes to ‘The Promise’ by South African writer Damon Galgot

The other five books on the shortlist are:

· north lane Written by Sri Lankan writer Anouk Arudpragasam, on the consequences of civil war in the northern part of Sri Lanka, where minority Tamils ​​were brutally repressed by government forces in 2009.

· Nobody talks about this Written by American writer Patricia Lockwood, on how the internet and social media have completely enveloped us and how distance from the real world is increasing.

· men of wealth Written by British Somali writer Nadia Mohamed. Based on true events from 1952, it tells the story of a Somali sailor who was convicted in Wales after false accusations and ultimately executed: he is the last convict to be hanged in Cardiff.

· confused American writer Richard Powers. The novel tells the story of an astrobiologist who created a simulation of life on planets outside our solar system. He is also the only father of a nine-year-old son who suffers from a mental disorder and exhibits challenging behaviour. With much love and in his own way – without medication – he tries to arm his son for a difficult future.

· big circle by American writer Maggie Shipstead. It tells the story of Marianne Graves, a (fictional) aviation pioneer, who vanished from radar in 1950 while trying to fly from pole to pole around the world.