McGregor wins €100k Impac award

A British writer has scooped the largest prize in the world for a novel published in English.

Thu, 14 Jun, 2012 - 01:00
Sarah Stack

Even the Dogs, by Jon McGregor, has been announced as the winner of the 2012 International Impac Dublin Literary Award and its €100,000 prize.

He beat competition from 146 other titles nominated by 162 public libraries from 45 countries.

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