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.

Debut novel wins Booker
Wed, 15 Oct, 2008 - 01:00

The 33-year-old, who celebrates his birthday later this month, was the youngest on this year’s shortlist for his book The White Tiger.

He is the second youngest author to win the prize after Ben Okri, who clinched the Man Booker in 1991, aged 32.

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