Arts
WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019 a portrait of modern Britain through the eyes and interconnected stories of 12 different British people mostly women and mostly black all moving through the world in different times and decades Each character has a chapter within the chapters their lives overlap but their experiences backgrounds and choices could not be more different Theres Amma a lesbian socialist playwright and nonbinary Morgan who uses the internet to navigate their gender identity but also Shirley a teacher who feels alien in Ammas community and Winsome a bride who has arrived from Barbados to an unhappy marriage Many of the characters are close friends relatives or lovers while others simply visit the same theatre on the same night or argue with each other on Twitter