Monday, October 10
Booker Prize winner
Irish writer John Banville was the surprise winner on Monday of the Booker Prize, one of the literary world's most prestigious awards, for "The Sea," his poignant and dark novel about childhood memories. News story: http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-10-10T213006Z_01_MCC024889_RTRUKOC_0_UK-ARTS-BRITAIN-BOOKER.xml