The shortlist for this year’s Goldsmiths Prize has been announced. This prize was established in 2013 to celebrate the qualities of creative daring and to reward fiction that breaks the mould or extends the possibilities of the novel form.
The six titles shortlisted for the 2020 Goldsmiths Prize are:
- Mr Beethoven by Paul Griffiths
- A Lover’s Discourse by Xiaolu Guo
- The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again by M John Harrison
- Meanwhile in Dopamine City by DBC Pierre
- The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey
- Bina by Anakana Schofield
The winner of the Goldsmiths Prize will be announced on 11 November. Find out more about this year’s shortlist here.