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Damon Galgut

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DAMON GALGUT is the author of nine novels. He won the Booker Prize 2021 for The Promise, having been shortlisted for the prize twice before (The Good Doctor and In A Strange Room). He lives and works in Cape Town

Books by Damon Galgut

The Promise

Winner of the Booker Prize 2021 - discover the powerful story of a family in crisis.

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The Quarry

Booker Prize winner Damon Galgut's devastating 1995 novel on guilt and the pursuit of justice

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Small Circle of Beings

The extraordinary first collection of stories from the 2021 Booker Prize winner

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