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Exit the King, Man Booker Longlist, Tony Walsh, Nick Drnaso

Playwright Patrick Marber on Exit the King, starring Rhys Ifans and Indira Varma, John Wilson discusses the novels on this year's Man Booker longlist, plus poet Tony Walsh.

Playwright Patrick Marber and actress Indira Varma on Exit the King, Marber's adaptation for the National Theatre of the Romanian absurdist drama by Eug猫ne Ionesco, in which Varma stars as Queen Marguerite alongside Rhys Ifans' King, about to make his final exit.

John talks to Nick Drnaso, the first graphic novelist to be longlisted for the Man Booker prize, and critics Arifa Akbar and Toby Lichtig comment on the longlist as a whole. For the full list see below.

Poet Tony Walsh, whose poem This is the Place poignantly captured the feelings of the public following last year's Manchester Arena bomb, has written a new poem for the Imperial War Museum North in Salford, part of a season marking the centenary of the final year of the First World War.

The 2018 Man Booker Longlist

Belinda Bauer (UK) Snap (Bantam Press)
Anna Burns (UK) Milkman (Faber & Faber)
Nick Drnaso (USA) Sabrina (Granta Books)
Esi Edugyan (Canada) Washington Black (Serpent's Tail)
Guy Gunaratne (UK) In Our Mad And Furious City (Tinder Press)
Daisy Johnson (UK) Everything Under (Jonathan Cape)
Rachel Kushner (USA) The Mars Room (Jonathan Cape)
Sophie Mackintosh (UK) The Water Cure (Hamish Hamilton)
Michael Ondaatje (Canada) Warlight (Jonathan Cape)
Richard Powers (USA) The Overstory (Willian Heinemann)
Robin Robertson (UK) The Long Take (Picador)
Sally Rooney (Ireland) Normal People (Faber & Faber)
Donal Ryan (Ireland) From A Low And Quiet Sea (Doubleday Ireland)

Presenter: John Wilson
Producer: Timothy Prosser.

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Exit The King

Exit The King
Patrick Marber directs at the National Theatre in London until 6 October.
Image: Siman Annand

The Man Booker Prize 2018

The Man Booker Prize 2018
The longlist for this year's Man Booker Prize includes:

Warlight by Michael Ondaatje

Everything Under by Daisy Johnson

From a Low and Quiet Sea by听Donal Ryan

The Mars Room by听Rachel Kushner

Snap by Belinda Bauer

In Our Mad And Furious City by Guy Gunaratne

The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh


Tony Walsh

Tony Walsh
runs at IWM North until 24 February 2019.听

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Role Contributor
Presenter John Wilson
Interviewed Guest Patrick Marber
Interviewed Guest Indira Varma
Interviewed Guest Nick Drnaso
Interviewed Guest Arifa Akbar
Interviewed Guest Toby Lichtig
Interviewed Guest Tony Walsh
Producer Timothy Prosser

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  • Tue 24 Jul 2018 19:15

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