In 1985, this prize’s jury was divided over a Keri Hulme (“hulm”) novel that detailed an abusive relationship between the mute boy Simon and his father Joe. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this prize that was long-awarded to Commonwealth, Irish and South African novels before being expanded to all English-language fiction in 2014.
ANSWER: Booker Prize [accept Man Booker Prize]
[10h] Keri Hulme won the Booker Prize for this debut novel in which the part-Maori artist Kerewin befriends Simon before eventually adopting him to form a family.
ANSWER: The Bone People
[10e] In The Bone People, Kerewin meets Simon when he sneaks into a secluded one of these structures where she lives. A prince is blinded after marrying a girl locked in one of these structures in the Grimms’ version of “Rapunzel.”
ANSWER: towers [reject “castle”]
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