Western Lane author Chetna Maroo. [Courtesy Booker Prize]Kenyan-born author Chetna Maroo’s debut novel, ‘Western Lane’, has been named in the Booker Prize 2023 longlist announced on Friday. The longlist is selected from entries published in the UK and Ireland between October 1, 2022, and September 30, 2023. The winner of the Booker Prize takes home £50,000 (Sh9 million) prize. She is in awe.”Western LaneThe Booker Prize continues the literary prizes season.

Source: Standard Digital September 10, 2023 00:31 UTC