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Kiran Dasai's Book

The best, sweetest, most delightful novel.

Kiran Desai became the first woman since 2000 to win the highly acclaimed £50,000 Man Booker Prize for Fiction for The Inheritance of Loss, published by Hamish Hamilton. The Indian-born writer has a strong family tie with the prize as her mother Anita Desai has been short-listed three times since 1980 but has never won.

Her winning book, The Inheritance of Loss, is a radiant, funny and moving family saga and has been described by reviewers as ‘The best, sweetest, most delightful novel’. Set in the Himalayas, an embittered judge wants a peaceful retirement, but with the arrival of his orphaned granddaughter, Sai, this suddenly becomes difficult.

Over and above her prize of £50,000, Desai is guaranteed a huge increase in sales and recognition worldwide. Each of the six shortlisted authors, including the winner, receives £2,500 and a designer-bound edition of their book.

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