Damon Galgut

The Promise is the winner of the Booker Prize 2021. Discover the powerful story of a family in crisis. WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2021 Discover the Sunday Times bestselling story of a family in crisis. A tour de force... A spectacular demonstration of how the novel can make us see and think afresh — Booker Judges, 2021 A masterpiece...

A year ago, Patrick Winter was in Namibia completing his military service. Now, during the first free elections, Patrick has returned to the country he defended; the place where he fell in love for the first and only time. With the country poised to change forever, Patrick is forced to revisit his past and scale the wall that he has...

FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE PROMISE Shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book When Adam moves into an abandoned house on the dusty edge of town, he is hoping to recover from the loss of his job and his home in the city. But when he meets Canning—a shadowy figure from his childhood—and Canning's enigmatic and...

FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE PROMISE “It is a project to which Galgut, whose fiction has often covered the terrain of love, race and politics, seems perfectly suited as a writer... A remarkable, lyrical tribute” - Guardian In 1912, the SS Birmingham approaches India. On board is Morgan Forster, novelist and man of letters, who is embarking on...

In 1912, the SS Birmingham approaches India. On board is Morgan Forster, novelist and man of letters, who is embarking on a journey of discovery. As Morgan stands on deck, the promise of a strange new future begins to take shape before his eyes. The seeds of a story start to gather at the corner of his mind: a sense...

FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE PROMISE A young man takes three journeys, through Greece, India, and Africa. He travels lightly, simply. To those who travel with him and those whom he meets on the way—including a handsome, enigmatic stranger, a group of careless backpackers, and a woman on the edge—he is the Follower, the Lover, and the Guardian....

The extraordinary first collection of stories from the 2021 Booker Prize winner. The first collection of extraordinary stories from one of the greatest writers of our time. With astonishing clarity, Booker Prize winner Galgut explores both the intimacies and violence of family life against the complex landscape of 1980s South Africa. From a mother who experiences a devastating unmooring after...