Described as ‘utterly magnificent’ by the judges,Atkinson’s award makes her the first author to get the Costa novel prize three times: for a God in Ruins in 2016, Life After Life in 2013 and Behind the Scenes at the Museum in 1995The Costa category shortlists – in picturesThe pressure might have been too much for some writers but not Kate Atkinson: just two years after winning the Costa novel award for Life After Life, or a major bestseller hailed as “astonishing” by judges at the time,the novelist has landed the prize again for her follow-up, A God in Ruins. Related: The best fiction of 2015 Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com