Damon Galgut

Damon Galgut

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DAMON GALGUT is the author of nine novels. He won the Booker Prize 2021 for The Promise, having been shortlisted for the prize twice before (The Good Doctor and In A Strange Room). He lives and works in Cape Town

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The Promise
Damon Galgut

A masterpiece of a family in crisis from twice Booker-shortlisted author Damon Galgut: 'one of the world's great writers' (Edmund White) and 'the bold, fresh voice of South African fiction' (Observer)

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