Enright wins Man Booker

Tuesday, 16 October 2007 Books+Publishing

The Gathering by Irish author Anne Enright (Jonathan Cape) has won the 2007 Man Booker Prize, beating New Zealand hope Lloyd Jones whose Mister Pip (Text) was the shortlist favourite. Enright's novel, described by the chair of the judges Howard Davies as ‘an unflinching look at a grieving family' that...