Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children wins 40-year Best of the Booker Prize
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Sir Salman Rushdie's novel Midnight's Children has won the Best of the Booker prize, as voted for by the public. (article 3)
Readers have spoken His sons, Zafar and Milan, were in attendance at the award ceremony at London's South Bank Centre to receive the custom-made trophy. (article 3)
When voting closed at 1200 BST on 8 July, 7,801 people had voted via online and text, with 36% voting for Midnight's Children. (article 3)
Tim, Santa Monica, USA It is not just politicians who are out of touch, but a very politically correct award nonetheless. (article 4)
The panel of judges whittled down the past winners to a shortlist of six, which included JM Coetzee's Disgrace, Pat Barker's The Ghost Road and Peter Carey's Oscar and Lucinda. (article 5)
The tale told by a child born at the moment of Indian independence is densely written, political and full of magic realism. (article 5)
Cracking story While saying what constitutes a literary novel is hard enough, identifying what makes one a big popular hit is even harder. (article 1)
The judges have selected some real clunkers over the years, many of which could stake a claim to be the Worst of the Booker. (article 2)
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Booker, midnight, novel, Prize, Salman |
Source articles
- How do you win a Booker prize? (BBC News, 07/10/2008, 664 words)
- A Booker winner: Did someone slip something into the judges' tea? (timesonline.co.uk, 07/10/2008, 502 words)
- Rushdie wins Best of Booker prize (BBC News, 07/10/2008, 270 words)
- Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children wins 40-year Best of the Booker Prize (entertainment.timesonline.co.uk, 07/10/2008, 195 words)
- in 67 words (BBC News, 07/10/2008, 230 words)
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