Booker Prize to honour ‘lost’ novel

ANTICIPATION and patience may be key to a successful novel, but a 40-year wait is perhaps taking the concept to extremes.

In an attempt to plug a near half-century old literary plot hole, organisers of the Man Booker Prize have established a new one-off award for works which slipped through their net.

In 1971, just two years after it began, the Man Booker Prize ceased to be awarded retrospectively and became a contest solely for the best novel in the year of publication.