FARRELL’S 40-YEAR-OLD NOVEL WINS BOOKER PRIZE=20
Late author J.G. FARRELL landed the prestigious Booker Prize in Britain o n Wednesday (19May10) for a 40-year-old historical novel.
His story Troubles was awarded the prestigious accolade for works publi shed in 1970, a year when no prize was handed out.
Farrell, who died in 1979, is one of only a handful of writers to win m ultiple Booker Prize honours - he also won the award in 1973 for The Sieg e of Krishnapur.
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