Earl R. Merrill: Judges Overturn Public Vote In The Guardian’s Not The Booker Prize

Monday, October 15, 2018

Judges Overturn Public Vote In The Guardian’s Not The Booker Prize

Democracy shamocracy, right? “Sweet Fruit, Sour Land by Rebecca Ley is the winner of the 2018 Not the Booker Prize. Our three judges have taken the brave decision to overrule the public vote and put their weight behind this dark dystopian novel in the place of Ariel Kahn’s optimistic and gentle Raising Sparks.”