'A surprise and a risk': Reaction to Booker Prize upheaval. The University of Reading's Dr David Brauner provides expert comment on Man Booker Prize's decision to allow writers from around the world to compete for the Prize
Release Date 19 September 2013
Dr Brauner, Reader in English and American Literature, discusses the new rule on BBC Breakfast Television and provides comment for the New York Times
BBC Online and the Guardian also publish Dr Brauner's hypothetical list of the US novels that might have won the Booker in the 21st Century, had they been eligible.