{"product_id":"booker-prize-2020-longlist-4-books-collection-set-fiction-paperback","title":"Booker Prize 2020 Longlist 4 Books Collection Set - Zhang, Ward, Mantel, Stuart - Fiction - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitles in This Set\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nHow Much of These Hills Is Gold\u003cbr\u003e\nLove and Other Thought Experiments\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Mirror and the Light\u003cbr\u003e\nShuggie Bain\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: Brand New\u003cbr\u003e\nFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Virago, Corsair, Fourth Estate, Picador\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOverview\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThis four-book collection gathers standout literary fiction from the 2020 Booker Prize longlist, pairing four distinct voices under one cover. C Pam Zhang's How Much of These Hills Is Gold reimagines the American West through Chinese American siblings, while Sophie Ward's Love and Other Thought Experiments fuses philosophy and love with formal daring. Hilary Mantel closes her Cromwell trilogy in The Mirror and the Light, and Douglas Stuart's Booker Prize-winning Shuggie Bain delivers a portrait of 1980s Glasgow. Together they offer a sweeping, prize-recognized sampler of contemporary literary fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Books\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nSpanning frontier myth, philosophical romance, Tudor politics, and working-class Glasgow, this set channels the sheer range that made the 2020 Booker Prize longlist so celebrated in its year. How Much of These Hills Is Gold follows two orphaned siblings hauling their father's body across a mythic, gold-rush-era American West, upending Western tropes to center Chinese American migrant experience, memory, and inheritance across generations of hardship. Love and Other Thought Experiments structures a marriage and its long aftermath around a series of philosophical puzzles, using scientific thought experiments as a lens for grief, love, memory, and the limits of ever fully knowing another person. The Mirror and the Light, the concluding volume of Hilary Mantel's acclaimed Wolf Hall trilogy, tracks Thomas Cromwell through the final years of his rise and fall in Henry VIII's court, rendered with Mantel's signature immersive, present-tense intimacy and psychological depth. Shuggie Bain, winner of the 2020 Booker Prize, follows a sensitive boy's fierce, unwavering love for his alcoholic mother against the backdrop of Thatcher-era deindustrialization in Glasgow's housing estates. Read together, the four novels trace how ordinary people cling to identity, love, and hope when history, illness, or ambition threatens to pull everything apart. Each novel was singled out by Booker judges for ambitious storytelling, precise prose, and genuine emotional depth, and together they reward readers who enjoy character-driven fiction with real literary weight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Benefits\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFour acclaimed novels from the 2020 Booker Prize longlist in one set\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes Shuggie Bain, winner of the 2020 Booker Prize\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpans historical fiction, literary romance, and family drama\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrand new paperback set, great for gifting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIdeal for book clubs seeking varied, discussion-worthy reads\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA strong entry point into award-winning contemporary fiction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook-by-Book Guide\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nHow Much of These Hills Is Gold — C Pam Zhang's debut follows two siblings burying their father across a mythic, transforming American West.\u003cbr\u003e\nLove and Other Thought Experiments — Sophie Ward structures a marriage's unraveling around philosophical thought experiments about love and knowledge.\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Mirror and the Light — Hilary Mantel completes her Cromwell trilogy, following Thomas Cromwell through his final years in Henry VIII's court.\u003cbr\u003e\nShuggie Bain — Douglas Stuart's Booker-winning debut follows a boy's devotion to his mother in 1980s Glasgow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Authors\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nC Pam Zhang is a Chinese American novelist whose acclaimed debut, How Much of These Hills Is Gold, was longlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize. Sophie Ward is a British actress and writer whose debut novel, Love and Other Thought Experiments, was also longlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize. Hilary Mantel, the late British novelist, won two Booker Prizes for Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies before completing her trilogy with The Mirror and the Light. Douglas Stuart, a Scottish American author, won the 2020 Booker Prize for his devastating debut novel, Shuggie Bain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy You'll Love This Collection\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThis collection brings together four of literary fiction's most talked-about voices from a single, remarkable prize year, including a Booker Prize winner. It's a rewarding pick for book clubs, literary fiction fans, and gift-givers marking a birthday, holiday season, or graduation with a set built to spark discussion for years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlease Note: This is the UK edition with the ISBN as listed; the cover may vary slightly from the image shown.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Various Authors","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57111542366582,"sku":"MAN-U2512-9789124037772","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0575\/6587\/2211\/files\/booker-prize-2020-longlist-4-books-collection-set-paperback.jpg?v=1785783801","url":"https:\/\/skymartbooks.com\/products\/booker-prize-2020-longlist-4-books-collection-set-fiction-paperback","provider":"Skymart Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}