The best fiction of 2022: Alan Garner’s Treacle Walker and writing outside the constraints of time
The best fiction of 2022: Alan Garner’s Treacle Walker and writing outside the constraints of time: Robert Gilhooly/Alamy When Treacle Walker was announced as a nominee for the 2022 Booker Prize, 87-year-old Alan Garner was highlighted as the oldest-ever shortlisted author. He is now 88. That said, Treacle Walker, begins with a quote from Italian …