Read our Privacy noticeBooker Prize -winning Indian author Kiran Desai is a favorite to win the coveted fiction trophy for a second time with her first novel in two decades. The almost 700-page tale of two young Indians making their way in the United States is Desai’s third novel and her first since “The Inheritance of Loss,” which won the Booker Prize in 2006. “That might seem a bit trite, but I’ve read novels where I’ve often felt to myself, if there was a little bit less showing off there would be a good story there. And I don’t think any of these books show off.”Founded in 1969, the Booker Prize has a reputation for transforming writers’ careers. Worries about an American takeover have largely proved unfounded, though this year’s list of six includes three American writers and a fourth, Desai, who has long lived in New York.