‘Shuggie Bain’ wins the 2020 Booker prize

Douglas Stuart's debut novel Shuggie Bain, which took him around 12 years to complete, has bagged the 2020 Booker Prize from the shortlist consisting of authors like Avni Doshi for Burnt Sugar, Brandon Taylor for Real Life, Diane Cook for The New Wilderness, Tsitsi Dangarembga for This Mournable Body, and Maaza Mengiste for The Shadow King.