Prize Winning Novel Locations

Where do you set your next novel?
Where do you place your master work?

If you want to win a Booker Prize, then here are the settings in order of most likely to win for you:

1. England - 9 winners


2. Africa - 7 winners


3. India - 7 winners


4. Australia or en route - 3 winners


5. Britain (general) - 3 winners


6. America or en route - 2 winners


7. Ireland - 2 winners


8. Canada, Germany, Europe, Italy, New Zealand, Scotland, Switzerland and Wales - 1 each

Suffice to say you're on to a fair chance if you stick to Old Blighty, the Raj or The Dark Continent.

What does this say about the Booker Prize, I wonder? Or the judges? Or the offerings from afar?

Just a thought.