Australia's Flanagan wins Booker fiction prize
LONDON (AP) — Australia's Richard Flanagan has won the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction with "The Narrow Road to the Deep North," a visceral story of war and its aftermath.
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LONDON (AP) — Australia's Richard Flanagan has won the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction with "The Narrow Road to the Deep North," a visceral story of war and its aftermath.
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