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who’s afraid of the booker prize? 

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Who’s Afraid of the Booker Prize? is Peter Cowlam’s latest play, a satire on celebrity literary life. It is published by New Theatre Publications.

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>>Who’s Afraid of the Booker Prize?

Marshall Zob, an award-winning novelist, is nevertheless on the point of desperation at not having won the Booker Prize.

>>Reader’s Excerpt

His latest novel, Gimme the Cash, has been nominated for that prize. Cornelius Snell, his agent and friend, is a man of dubious mastery. Snell operates on the principle that securing the prize involves a great deal of behind-the-scenes manoeuvring, though the kind of manoeuvres he adopts on his client’s behalf are not always the most honourable. What is intended as his coup de grâce, and ultimate glory for Marshall Zob, seriously backfires, leaving him, his client and his agency hard put to salvage even a shred of public credibility.

‘...lovingly conceived and energetic.’

Nic Wass, Royal Court

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