Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo split the Booker Prize, after the judging panel ripped up the rulebook and refused to name one winner for the prestigious fiction trophy.
LONDON — Canadian writer Margaret Atwood and British author Bernardine Evaristo split the Booker Prize on Monday, after the judging panel ripped up the rulebook and refused to name one winner for the prestigious fiction trophy.
"Our consensus was that it was our decision to flout the rules," he said."I think laws are inviolable and rules are adaptable to the circumstance." Florence said both of the winning books"address the world today and give us insights into it and create characters that resonate with us."Both winners said they were happy to share the prize.
Florence, founder of the Hay literary festival, said Atwood's novel"does massively more" than just continue the story started in"The Handmaid's Tale."
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