Hints and tips:
...Busby, now 77, was Britain’s first black female book publisher, and in 2020 she served as the chair of judges for the Booker Prize....
...The judges took just one hour to reach their decision, according to Ms Busby, who described the selection as an “organic, non-curated process”....
...Margaret Busby, chair of the 2020 judges, described the shortlisted novels as “a wondrous and enriching variety of stories” and noted that the six “came together unexpectedly, voices and characters resonating...
...The effect was akin to the kind of thrill produced by, say, a Busby Berkeley extravaganza. Sometimes, I thought, nothing succeeds like excess....
...How could she become comfortable with the idea of being the judges’ darling, when for years and years of hard work they had not given her a second glance?...
...It is hard to judge from initial impressions in a pack of six....
International Edition