Research suggests that awards such as Booker draw bad reviews from mismatched readers.
JANE Gardam, Anne Carson and the six other authors shortlisted for the £40,000 (RM220,000) Folio prize (awarded to an English language book of fiction published in the UK by an author from any country) should brace themselves: new research has found that, if they are announced as winner at next month’s awards ceremony, they will face a torrent of negative reviews from readers.
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