Michael Cader
Booker Prize Goes to Young Free Press Author Aravind Adiga; Publishing Commentator Michael Cader Unsmiling
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The Man Booker: Adiga
Michael Cader, the man who maintains the subscription-only industry news portal Publishers Marketplace, continues to be vexed by the Man Booker Prize. The committee's insistence on putting forth a "longlist" of 13 titles one month before announcing the actual nominees, and then invariably snubbing the favorite, has infuriated Mr. Cader for years.
The 2008 winner was named last night as he and many other publishing people from the U.S. watched the proceedings on TV at the Frankfurt Book Fair. "Per the traditional pattern, the favorite never wins," Mr. Cader wrote afterwards on his Web site, before revealing that the winner was debut novelist Aravind Adiga's The White Tiger. read more »
