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| Award | Year | Status | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Booker Prize | 2026 | Longlist | “This of-the-moment satire considers anonymity and disgust, online rackets, and what it means to find love in our unstable times. We admired its sharply crafted sentences and humour.” |
About This Book
A down-on-his-luck actor agrees to spend a university term dressed solely in a black leather bag for an experiment into the mere-exposure effect. Kennard's of-the-moment satire of academia, anonymity, and modern love was longlisted for the Booker Prize 2026.
About the Author
Luke KennardBritish
Luke Kennard is a British poet and novelist. Named a Next Generation Poet by the Poetry Book Society in 2014, he has published seven poetry collections, including Cain, shortlisted for the International Dylan Thomas Prize, and Notes on the Sonnets, which won the Forward Prize for Best Collection in 2021. His debut novel, The Transition, was a BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime and was longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize. Read more →
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