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Rushdie favourite for best Booker Prize winner award
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5-12-2008 7:42 AM
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5-12-2008
11:11 AM
Antara
I am going to read that as soon as my last exam is OVER!
5-12-2008
4:19 PM
Socratoad
Promise you won't even peek before exams
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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gulfnews.com/world/United_Kingdom/10212663.html">Salman Rushdie is the favourite to win the Best of the Booker prize after his novel "Midnight's Children" was shortlisted on Monday for the "greatest of the greatest" award</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gulfnews.com/world/United_Kingdom/10212663.html">Six books chosen from the 41 winners of the highly-regarded Booker Prize are up for the award</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gulfnews.com/world/United_Kingdom/10212663.html">The Best of the Booker award is to celebrate the prize's 40th anniversary</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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