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Booker Prize taken by outsider Enright

17 Oct 2007

Dublin writer Anne Enright, the surprise winner of the £50,000 Man Booker Prize, has described her novel The Gathering as ‘the intellectual equivalent of a Hollywood weepie’. She added: ‘When people pick up a book they want something that will cheer…

Man Booker Prize pits McEwan against novices

7 Sep 2007

The £50,000 Man Booker Prize shortlist has been revealed, with Ian McEwan up against five little-known writers, one of whom has sold just 231 copies of his book. McEwan’s On Chesil Beach will compete with Darkmans by Nicola Barker, The Gatheing by…