The English Patient wins public poll of best Man Booker in 50 years

By Alison Flood

 

Michael Ondaatje speaks after being named the winner of the Golden Man Booker prize. Photograph: Isabel Infantes/PA

 

Twenty six years ago, the panel of judges were so unsure who should win the Man Booker in 1992 that they ended up with a tie: Michael Ondaatje and Barry Unsworth. But on Sunday evening Ondaatje edged ahead, with his bestselling novel The English Patient being named the best winner of the Booker prize of the last 50 years, in a public vote.

 

The Golden Booker was held this year to mark a half-century of the prize. A panel of judges read all 52 former winners of the award, with each assigned a decade from the Booker’s history. 

 

Full Story: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jul/08/the-english-patient-wins-public-poll-of-best-man-booker-in-50-years

Now if someone would kindly explain 'Man Booker' in laymen's terms.....!

The possible explanations boggle the mind!  

Edited July 10, 20187 yr by snooky
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