British author Jon McGregor has won the 100,000 euro (£81,000) International Impac Dublin Literary Award for his third novel Even the Dogs. The writer beat off competition from 146 other shortlisted titles to receive the accolade, the world's largest prize given to a novel published in English. According to publisher Bloomsbury, Even the Dogs is "an intimate exploration of life at the edges of society". McGregor is the third British author to win the lucrative prizeThursday, June 14, 2012
Jon McGregor wins Impac literary award
British author Jon McGregor has won the 100,000 euro (£81,000) International Impac Dublin Literary Award for his third novel Even the Dogs. The writer beat off competition from 146 other shortlisted titles to receive the accolade, the world's largest prize given to a novel published in English. According to publisher Bloomsbury, Even the Dogs is "an intimate exploration of life at the edges of society". McGregor is the third British author to win the lucrative prize
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