HandoutCollage of Man Booker Prize shortlist covers Nothing shatters the mystique of the floating city like seeing a McDonald’s in Venice. But such deflating sights have been the norm for years. American colonization of the world’s economy is complete. This summer in Madrid’s Puerta del Sol, we listened to music under a sun-blocking billboard for Netflix’s “Glow.” That disorienting moment came back to me when I read the list of finalists for the Man Booker Prize.