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Who will win this year's Man Booker prize?
Settled as Aravind Adiga
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Background: After the announcement of a controversial shortlist omitting Salman Rushdie's latest novel, and with questions being raised over the competition's selection criteria, this year's Man Booker prize looks to be less predictable than in previous years.
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/why-do-book-prizes-ignore-the-best-reads-960248.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/why-do-book-prizes-ignore-the-best-reads-960248.html
Settlement details:As reported by The Independent.
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| Steve Toltz |
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| Amitav Ghosh |
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| Linda Grant |
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| Philip Hensher |
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| Sebastian Barry |
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Settled as Aravind Adiga on Tue 14th Oct 2008 6:43pm PST
- Activity: H$6,930 |
- Predictions: 17 |
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Suspend date: Wed 15th Oct 2008 11:59pm PST
Settlement date: Tue 14th Oct 2008 6:43pm PST
Initial likelihoods: Aravind Adiga: 17%, Steve Toltz: 17%, Amitav Ghosh: 17%, Linda Grant: 17%, Philip Hensher: 16%, Sebastian Barry: 16%
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: Aravind Adiga
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081014/ap_en_ot/eu_britain_booker_prize_2
article posted 24mins ago.
sdchargers: Aravind Adiga
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081014/ap_en_ot/eu_britain_booker_prize_2
article posted 24mins ago.
Settlement requested Tue 14th Oct 2008 2:04pm PST by sdchargers: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/oct/14/booker-prize-adiga-white-tiger (market suspended)
sdchargers: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/oct/14/booker-prize-adiga-white-tiger (market suspended)
Settled as 'Aravind Adiga' Tue 14th Oct 2008 6:43pm PST by 
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: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/debut-author-wins-booker-with-searing-portrait-of-indian-poverty-961390.html
jenniandboys: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/debut-author-wins-booker-with-searing-portrait-of-indian-poverty-961390.html 
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Guardian Unlimited 1 year ago
sheep of her family, has sold 3,074 copies in the four weeks since the shortlist announcement, according to book sales monitor Nielsen BookScan - considerably more than second placed Aravind Adiga, whose The White Tiger has racked up 2,588 sales since
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but reputation counted for nothing when Sir Salman Rushdie was left off the shortlist for the 2008 Man Booker Prize yesterday. Almost 30 years after Midnights Children saw off competition from novels by some of the literary worlds most fted authors no
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Hindustan Times 1 year ago
Fancied Salman Rushdie failed to make the 2008 Man Booker Prize shortlist for literature announced on Tuesday, but Amitav Ghosh and debutant Aravind Adiga stepped in to fill the Indian shoes. Ghosh's widely-acclaimed Sea of Poppies and Adiga's The White
score: 10
The Bookseller 1 year ago
Victoria Gallagher The Man Booker Prize is to take full-page ads in the Times as part of its shortlist promotion. One ad a day will be run on each shortlisted title from 22nd September.
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M2 1 year ago
The six finalists chosen for the prestigious Man Booker Prize were revealed on Tuesday (9 September). The shortlist for this year comprises: The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga; The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry; Sea of Poppies by Amitav
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