I’ve read the Booker 2026 shortlist. Two novels are brilliant on living through the mess of the 2020s

Black Bag, by Luke Kennard, and The Things We Never Say, by Elizabeth Strout, hinge on characters who confront the ways in which their lives are at the mercy…

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1. I’ve read the Booker 2026 shortlist. Two novels are brilliant on living through the mess of the 2020s

   The Irish Times · 2026-11-07 05:15 UTC

   Black Bag, by Luke Kennard, and The Things We Never Say, by Elizabeth Strout, hinge on characters who confront the ways in which their lives are at the mercy of others

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