The US author, whose new novel Creation Lake is longlisted for this year’s Booker Prize, on US politics, the war in Gaza and her love of Ireland

The US author, whose new novel Creation Lake is longlisted for this year’s Booker Prize, on US politics, the war in Gaza and her love of Ireland

Kushner swerves between profound wisdom, humour and glimpses of humanity’s path toward disaster

Kushner swerves between profound wisdom, humour and glimpses of humanity’s path toward disaster

LONDON (AP) — American writers Percival Everett and Rachel Kushner are among six finalists shortlisted for the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction...

LONDON (AP) — American writers Percival Everett and Rachel Kushner are among six finalists shortlisted for the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction...

LONDON (AP) — American writers Percival Everett and Rachel Kushner are among six finalists shortlisted for the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction...

LONDON (AP) — American writers Percival Everett and Rachel Kushner are among six finalists shortlisted for the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction...

For the first time in the award’s 55-year history, five of the six nominated titles are by female authors.

The six finalists include five books by women – the highest number of female writers shortlisted in the prize’s 55-year history