Culture Buzz Aravind Adiga’s debut novel has won the Man Booker Prize in the U.K. The novel — about the extreme economic stratification of contemporary India — was a surprise winner to pundits and bet-takers alike. Expect to see it popping up on your subway commute/as part of your cocktail party conversation soon.
Culture Buzz The French author is the recipient of this year’s Nobel Prize for Literature. Sorry, Joyce Carol Oates! Maybe the Americans will have better luck next time.
Culture Buzz Dmitri Nabokov, son of Vladimir, has decided to publish The Original of Laura, the novel his dying father commanded be destroyed. Here’s a reminder that next time you write something you don’t want anyone else to read, you might want to think twice. That bastard child of yours might want to publish it after you’re dead!