Carey wins second Booker Prize

Author Peter Carey has become only the second writer to win the Booker Prize twice - and revealed he would be taking out fellow nominee Ian McEwan for a slap-up meal to celebrate.

Author Peter Carey has become only the second writer to win the Booker Prize twice - and revealed he would be taking out fellow nominee Ian McEwan for a slap-up meal to celebrate.

Carey won the £21,000 first prize for his novel True History Of The Kelly Gang at a dinner at London's Guildhall.

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