This week, we're joined by Frederick Studemann, literary editor of the FT, to bring you a Booker Prize longlist reaction hot off the press. Listen in as Fred, James and Jo share their opinions of this year's longlist as a whole, and give you a flavour of each of the 13 books that make up this year's Booker Dozen: it's speed dating meets the Booker Prize.

Books discussed in this episode:

• A Spell of Good Things by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀
• Old God's Time by Sebastian Barry
• Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein
• If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery
• How to Build a Boat by Elaine Feeney
• This Other Eden by Paul Harding
• Pearl by Siân Hughes
• All the Little Bird-Hearts by Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow
• Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
• In Ascension by Martin MacInnes
• Western Lane by Chetna Maroo
• The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
• The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng

A full transcript of the episode is available at our website.

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