His Bloody Project's sales leave Booker shortlist rivals for dead

Popularity of Graeme Macrae Burnet’s murder story sets small Scottish publisher scrambling to meet demand

A little-known novelist with a tiny independent publisher in Scotland is enjoying an extraordinary sales rush after being shortlisted for the Man Booker prize.

His Bloody Project, Graeme Macrae Burnet’s historical tale of murder in a remote Highland crofting community, is leading sales of shortlisted books by a significant margin, according to the most recently available figures. Its closest and far better-recognised rival is selling more than a third less.

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