A monumental day in the literary calendar, the winner of one of the most prestigious literary awards, the Booker Prize , is due to be announced on 9 November.

The six shortlisted books were selected by the judging panel headed by classicist Mary Beard, and includes poet Raymond Antrobus, Pulp’s frontman Jarvis Cocker, editor Rebecca Liu, and novelist Patricia Lockwood.

The shortlisted books all reflect on identity – from the repressed sexuality of a father and son in a deeply rigid Free Presbyterian community in John of John, to the witty exploration into the crisis of masculinity and life as a modern creative in Black Bag .…