Person: Kiran Desai

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Debut novel wins Booker

DEBUT novelist Aravind Adiga won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction last night beating, among others, hotly tipped Irish author Sebastian Barry.

Wed, 15 Oct, 2008

Debut novel wins Man Booker Prize

Debut novelist Aravind Adiga won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction tonight for his work which shows “the dark side of India”.

Wed, 15 Oct, 2008

Irish writer shortlisted for Booker

IRISH writer Anne Enright is on the six-book shortlist for this year’s Man Booker Prize for Fiction.

Fri, 07 Sep, 2007

Desai wins Man Booker prize

Indian writer Kiran Desai succeeded where her mother failed by winning the £50,000 (€73,000) Man Booker Prize For Fiction with her novel The Inheritance of Loss.

Wed, 11 Oct, 2006

Waters heads Booker list after Mitchell misses out

SARAH Waters is tipped to win this year’s Man Booker Prize with her novel The Night Watch after favourite David Mitchell failed to make the shortlist.

Fri, 15 Sep, 2006