Man Booker Prize 2008

Aravind Adiga, a thirty-three year old debut novelist from India, has won this year’s Man Booker Prize for his novel The White Tiger. Adiga is the second youngest writer to win the prize. The panel of judges, chaired by Michael Portillo, included Granta editor Alex Clark.

Read the Guardian report here.

Read the BBC report here.

Read the Reuters report here.

Read the New York Times report here.

Read the Associated Press report here.

Read a Reuters interview with Adiga and the other nominees here.

Read commentary by the Guardian’s John Sutherland and Sam Jordison.

Watch Kirsty Wark’s Newsnight interview with Adiga here.

Visit the prize’s official website.

Buy The White Tiger here.