"Speculation about the Booker Prize"

Recently, the novel "The True History of the Kelly Gang" by Peter Carey, a famous contemporary Australian writer, has caused an uproar in the United Kingdom. The whole text subverts the hegemony of colonialism in historical discourse through the opposition and unity of historical facts and literary fiction in the crude language style of the fictional Ned Kelly self-justification.

According to relevant experts' speculation, "The True History of the Kelly Gang" is expected to win the Booker Prize in the United Kingdom this year. If the experts' guess is correct, then this will be Peter Carey's second time winning the Booker Prize since "Oscar and Lucinda" in 1988. But it remains to be seen what the final outcome will be!" – The Guardian

In a large number of newspapers that reported on Severn's scandal, Severn saw the distinctive headline of the Guardian at a glance.

Severn's eyes grew brighter as he watched the Guardian's report, his "The Da Vinci Code" was so controversial because of its religious overtones that it was basically impossible to win an award in the UK.

Therefore, "The Da Vinci Code" can only get Severn a reputation as a best-selling author, and it is obviously unrealistic to expect anything else.

But today's report in the Guardian reminded him that Severn could write a novel to compete for the Booker Prize!

The Booker Prize, considered to be the highest award in the contemporary English novel industry and one of the most influential literary awards in the world literary circle, has almost become synonymous with "the best English novel", and is a novel award that has attracted wide attention and discussion around the world.

The Booker Prize announces the shortlisted books in October each year, and awards are awarded in November, and books published between December 1 of the previous year and November 30 of the current year (or are expected to be published with a full manuscript) are eligible to apply.

It's only April 25, and there's still a few months to go before the Booker Prize, which is more than enough for Severn.

Severn leaned back in his leather chair, holding the Guardian in his hand, and looked at the newspaper Peter Carey's novel "The True History of the Kelly Gang" and muttered:

"If memory serves, the 2001 Booker Prize is this "The True History of the Kelly Gang". ”

Severn knows these things because Peter Carey has been called by foreign media as "a hot figure who may win the Nobel Prize for Literature in the coming years".

Severn got to know Peter Carey with curiosity, so Severn was very familiar with his masterpieces, even with the Booker Prize.

"If you want to compete with 'The True History of the Kelly Gang,' you're going to have to write a novel that will win the Booker Prize, but what to write?" Severn pondered with his chin in his right hand.

"Life of Pi?"

"No, Jan Martel probably has already started writing that novel, and if he writes it, he will inevitably collide with him, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to explain it at that time. ”

Published in 2001, Life of Pi won the Booker Prize in 2002, was named Amazon.com's Best Book of 2002, and won the German Book Award.

And it was also made into a movie, and the box office was also very good, so it can be said that this is a very suitable work for the competition, but now that time has collided, Severn has to give up regrettably.

Otherwise, when the time comes, Jan Martel can't help but say in the news media that he is afraid that he will either be on the torture rack himself, or Jan Martel will be on the torture rack, or both of them will be sent to a secret organ for autopsy.

"Since Life of Pi can't do it, I have to write it. Severn tapped his finger on his desk.

Then, Severn sat upright, took a deep breath, and typed a few words on his computer:

Wolf Hall

"Wolf Hall" was written by British writer Hilary Mantel, who spent five years finally winning the Booker Prize for her book in 2009.

"The Hall of the Wolf" is a historical novel, based on the Tudor dynasty in England in the thirties of the 16th century, depicting the story of that era.

Although this is a historical novel, it is a very best-selling novel in the historical genre, almost equal to the sales of the previous "Da Vinci Code", so Severn is not worried about its sales.

And this book is very much in line with Severn's identity, he is the successor of the earl, and it makes perfect sense to write such a novel about the ancient dynasty of England.

More crucially, "Wolf Hall" is a series, the first of a Tudor trilogy, the second of which is called "Titang", which also won the Booker Prize in 2012!

Although the third part was reborn in Severn, Hilary Mantel had not yet written it, but the first two parts alone meant that Severn had a chance to win two Booker Prizes!

What reason did Severn have not to choose this novel?

Therefore, after Severn decided to write such a novel, he completely emptied his mind and began to recall the general content of the novel.

"Wolf Hall" is set in the Tudor dynasty, a time when the old order in England was disintegrating and a new order was budding.

The novel takes the divorce case between Henry VIII and Princess Catherine as the starting point, and tells a series of events such as the loss of power of the cardinal, the deposition of Queen Catherine, and the welcome of Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn.

The protagonist, Thomas Cromwell, is scheming and working step by step, and finally becomes the first minister. Cromwell's life and Henry VIII's court are two intertwined threads that weave a web that reflects the political, religious and economic landscape of England in the early 16th century.

After sorting out the main thread of the novel, Severn began typing on the computer, a long historical novel, 650 pages thick, slightly longer than The Da Vinci Code.

The reason why Severn was able to write "The Da Vinci Code" in three days was that in addition to the strengthening of various body functions after he was reborn, the reason why Severn was able to write in those three days except for eating and sleeping.

His time code words were really pure code words, because the chapters of "The Da Vinci Code" were imprinted in his mind word for word, and he just copied what was in his mind, of course, fast.

But now it can't, because Severn has too many things to do, so he can only find time to write "Wolf Hall", which will naturally take longer, but fortunately, there is still plenty of time.

Severn first sorted out the relationship between the characters in "Wolf Hall" on the computer:

Putney, 1500

Walter Cromwell, blacksmith and brewer

Thomas, his son

Bate, his daughter

.........

It took Severn a whole afternoon to complete the list of characters in "Wolf Hall", not that there are many of them, but that every time a character is listed, Severn has to think about the general plot of the character's appearance to make sure that he has not missed it.

After reading it again and making sure that these characters were not negligent, Severn encrypted and saved the file, then took out the USB flash drive and copied it to the USB flash drive.

"Whew~"

After doing this, Severn breathed a deep sigh of relief, and the whole person lay down on the leather chair and relaxed.

"Tina. ”

Severn shouted to Tina outside the door.

"Boss, what's the matter?" Tina walked in a little sullenly after hearing Severn's summons, apparently hurt by Severn's words this morning.

"Make me a cup of coffee. Severn instructed Tina.

"Oh~"

Although she was very unhappy, she still honestly helped Severn make coffee, and did not dare to hesitate in the slightest.

"Here, boss, be careful of the burn. ”

After a few moments, Tina brought the brewed coffee to Severn.

"Well, rub my temples. Severn took the coffee and glanced at Tina.

"Huh?" said Tina, suspecting that she had misheard, and then immediately reacted, with a hint of excitement in her tone:

"Good!"

Then he walked up to Severn's back and rubbed Severn's temples with his little hands.

Drinking the coffee in his hand, feeling the comfortable massage of the soft little hands on the top of his head, and thinking of Tina's meekness, Severn couldn't help but sigh and said with a slight apology:

"I'm sorry I went too far this morning. ”

"No, I know you're in a bad mood this morning, boss, and I shouldn't have robbed you of your papers, so ........" The more she said the back, the quieter Tina's voice became.

Severn put the coffee down, then closed his eyes and relaxed, "As an apology, I'll treat you to dinner tonight." ”

"Huh, really, boss?!"

Tina's little hand stopped, and then her entire upper body leaned in front of Severn's eyes from behind, staring at two large, slightly surprised eyes excitedly.

The reflection of Tina's little head was reflected in Severn's blue pupils, and looking at her cute appearance, he couldn't help pinching her face and said, "Of course." ”

has been molested by Tina so many times, Severn should always tease back, although Abt and they are still outside, but Severn doesn't want to care so much now, who let him break up?

Shouldn't you find someone to comfort and comfort you when you break up?

Feeling the temperature of the hand on her cheek, Tina's face couldn't help but become more flushed~red, and her upper body quickly retracted, and she helped Severn massage it again, in order to relieve the shyness and tension in her heart.

Seeing this, Severn smiled and said no more, quietly enjoying the peace of this moment.

PS: Brothers, our grades are really bad, so please bear with me at the end of this chapter to ask for a collection, ask for a recommendation, thank you~.

Although this book is very YY, the author hopes that after readers have read enough of those brain-burning novels, they can take a look at this brainless novel to relax, so I hope that readers will give this book a chance, collect and recommend! After all, the author doesn't want to give up treatment!