We are delighted to announce that Jonathan Buckley has been shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize for his novel Tell.
The rest of the shortlist, selected by judges Abigail Shin, Sara Baum, Xiaolu Guo and Lola Seaton, is as follows:
– All My Precious Madness by Mark Bowles (Galley Beggar)
– Parade by Rachel Cusk (Faber & Faber)
– Choice by Neel Mukherjee (Atlantic)
– Spent Light by Lara Pawson (CB Editions)
– Portraits at the Palace of Creativity and Wrecking by Han Smith (John Murray)
Xiaolu Guo said of Tell:
‘For the reader, it is as if we have our ear pressed against a keyhole, listening, or are flies on a wall, witnessing events that seem to portend some momentous revelation about a man.
Tell is a relentlessly truthful and absorbing tale about the human condition and a searing account of the complexity of life in the modern world. Employing the simplest of narrative devices but used in the most innovative ways, Jonathan Buckley has produced a profound work of fiction’
The Goldsmiths Prize was established in 2013 to celebrate the qualities of creative daring associated with the College and to reward fiction that breaks the mould or extends the possibilities of the novel form. The annual prize of £10,000 is awarded to a book that is deemed genuinely novel and which embodies the spirit of invention that characterises the genre at its best. The winner will be announced on 6 November.
