world but not being able to carry out any of your duties? i didn't get my crown halfway through the year, either. it was the most wonderful thing, but also incredibly surreal. as a debut novelist, i didn't have a benchmark and so to go from someone who published a novel in august and then win the booker in november, felt surreal. in solidarity with cop26 happening in my hometown, i have to be the greenest author, everything i did was from my sofa. but it didn't stop the puck reaching people around the world. you did global events but you had to do them from your front room? that is right. you are an executive in the fashion industry for years and i wonder how that fashioned your approach to marketing your novels? the marketing