Kiran Desai’s mother Anita Desai, herself shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times, was delighted when her daughter won in 2006 with The Inheritance of Loss In the north-eastern Himalayas, at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga, in an isolated and crumbling house - there lives an embittered old judge, who wants nothing more than to retire in peace #ManBooker50 festival 6 - 8 July 2018