Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Kiran Desai wins Booker

Indian writer Kiran Desai won Britain's prestigious Man Booker Prize yesterday for The Inheritance of Loss, a cross-continental saga that moves from the Himalayas to New York City.
Desai, daughter of novelist and three-time Booker Prize nominee Anita Desai, had been one of the favourites for the £50,000 ($105,000 Canadian) prize."

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