The panorama of British literature is widened by the post-colonial writers who chose to reside in Britain, this fact implies the merging of genres ad various form among which emerges the novel. Literature is a via to take profit, the result is increasing of literarily prize. Booker Prize is one of this commercial enterprise, but it helps to give voice to the writer.

In the Post-War the novel had a sombre tone and emerged the need to find new meaning in a world that collapsed.

The movements developing in 20th century are Modernism and Post Modernism. They take a opposite position about the fragmentation of world's values:
• Modernists believe in a centre to connect the single parts
• Post Modernists accept that there is not a centre and

The Post Modern novel has some feature:
• The setting in a fantasy place
• The analysing of the nature of fiction
• The stream of consciousness
• The time shifts
• The modification of historical events with fantasy