Confessions of a Booker Prize Judge

Stuart Kelly is a literary supplicant; he has gladly given his existence over to the book gods. He has read a book a day since he was 15, written two of his own, reviewed professionally his entire adult life, and cherry-picked the best young British novelists for Granta magazine.

Two weeks before we meet to sample some of Edinburgh's strongest caffeinated drinks, came his professional highlight. At a ceremony in London's Guildhall, he, along with three other judges, picked the winner of the Man Booker Prize