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The 2022 Tournament of Books was presented by Field Notes, and that year’s Rooster went to Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro, who had this to say about the win:
I’m absolutely delighted to have finished on top of the heap at the end of this entertaining, comically framed, but deeply serious tournament. It’s a true privilege to have one’s work considered and debated by one’s peers. I’ll pass on the rooster in physical form—but there’ll be a metaphorical one crowing proudly in my heart for years to come.
Relive the Action
Play-in Match
March 8 • Atom Atkinson
The Sentence v. The Confession of Copeland Cane v. Our Country Friends
Opening Round
March 9 • Cari Luna
Beautiful World, Where Are You v. In Concrete
March 10 • Jennifer Murphy
Intimacies v. Libertie
March 11 • Carole V. Bell
Matrix v. Subdivision
March 14 • Matthew Schneier
The Trees v. All’s Well
March 15 • Megan Giddings
No One Is Talking About This v. Several People Are Typing
March 16 • Blair McClendon
The Book of Form and Emptiness v. When We Cease to Understand the World
March 17 • Rosa Lyster
Klara and the Sun v. Nervous System
March 18 • Anita Felicelli
The Confession of Copeland Cane v. The Echo Wife
Quarterfinals
March 21 • Alex Barasch
In Concrete v. Intimacies
March 22 • Lynn Steger Strong
Matrix v. The Trees
March 23 • Maria Dahvana Headley
No One Is Talking About This v. When We Cease to Understand the World
March 24 • Olivia Craighead
Nervous System v. The Echo Wife
Semifinals
March 25 • Crystal Hana Kim
Intimacies v. The Trees
March 28 • Fiona Dourif
No One Is Talking About This v. v. Nervous System
Zombie Round
March 29 • Jenny Bhatt
Klara and the Sun v. The Trees
March 30 • Fernando A. Flores
Matrix v. No One Is Talking About This
Championship
March. 31 • All Judges
Klara and the Sun v. No One Is Talking About This