Lola answers “How on earth did this win the Pulitzer? I...”

Donna asked this question about Less:

How on earth did this win the Pulitzer? I found it plodding with an uninteresting protagonist.

Lola This is an interesting piece by a Pulitzer Prize juror from the 2012 season when they didn't award the prize for fiction: https://www.newyorker.com/bo …moreThis is an interesting piece by a Pulitzer Prize juror from the 2012 season when they didn't award the prize for fiction: https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-...

The Sellout didn't win the Pulitzer-it won the Booker and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction.
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deleted user Correct; last year the Pulitzer for fiction went to The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead.
Jul 19, 2018 08:27PM · flag

Audra The Sellout was great, as was The Underground Railroad. I wouldn't put Less in the basement of the same house as these 2. ...more
Jul 21, 2018 05:49PM · flag

Panda Urban Thank you so much for this link. I have always wondered at the years no award was given or something I felt was unworthy won. This is a very interesti ...more
Feb 28, 2019 04:42PM · flag

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