an liathroid beag
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Never said Rooney or Binchy were shortlisted for the Booker and never said that YA could not be serious literature just gave the opinion that O Neill is not in the serious literature bracket.To be fair, your ignorance of literary prizes is not her issue!
Sally Rooney hasn't been shortlisted for a booker, not to mind winning one, and Binchy was never even longlisted afaik.
Edit for your edit - how snobbish (and incorrect) to suggest that YA books are not serious literature. The catcher in the rye, Lord of the flies, the Outsiders, To kill a mockingbird, The call of the wild, The curious incident of the dog in the night time, The Chronicles of Narnia...