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A new literary prize is hoping to beat the Booker to the title of Britain's most prestigious fiction award _ in part by including Americans.
There is something mesmerizing about Peter Carey's novels. His latest work, "The Chemistry of Tears" is no exception. The tale of a grief-stricken horologist and her restoration of a 19th-century automaton is a tale of loss, loneliness and the magic of imagination and inspiration.
British writer Hilary Mantel won the prestigious Booker literary prize for a second time Tuesday with her blood-soaked Tudor saga "Bring Up the Bodies," which the head of the judging panel said had "rewritten the book" on historical fiction.
Judges are choosing the winner of Britain's most prestigious literary trophy from a shortlist that includes novels set in the court of King Henry VIII and the opium dens of Mumbai.
Colorado Springs officials said Thursday that hundreds of homes have been destroyed by a raging wildfire that has encroached on city and threatened the U.S. Air Force Academy.
It was a long wait, but Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi finally received her honorary degree from the University of Oxford.
It's the Great American Snub.
It's the Great American Snub.
British writer Howard Jacobson won the prestigious Booker Prize Tuesday with his philosophical comedy "The Finkler Question," beating five other writers, including two-time winner Peter Carey and the bookies' favorite, Tom McCarthy.
Six writers, including two-time winner Peter Carey and bookies' favorite Tom McCarthy, were in the running Tuesday for literature's prestigious Booker Prize.
Australian writer Peter Carey moved closer to a literary hat trick Tuesday when he was named a finalist for fiction's prestigious Booker Prize, an award he has already won twice.
Mr. Carey said officials had no plans to release the numbers of homes destroyed — insisting that residents have a right to be told first, in private.
Colorado Springs police Chief Peter Carey said Mr. Obama's visit to Colorado, considered a key battleground state in the presidential election, would not tax the city's already-strained police force.
