Congratulations to Patricia Lockwood, whose book ‘No One is Talking About This’ has been longlisted for the #2021BookerPrize The judges said: ‘How does the relentlessly self-ironizing and unserious language of the social media adept deal with the actualities of ordinary, terrible human suffering? Can influencers find any words for loss? No One is Talking About This is a brilliantly funny book about tragedy and survival. It never takes itself seriously; it never takes seriously its own lack of seriousness either. A very uncomfortable book, which makes its fundamental and simple compassion all the more powerful.’ #FinestFiction @BloomsburyPublishing