LONDON - English author and bookmakers' favourite Julian Barnes finally won the Man Booker Prize for fiction on Tuesday, despite once dismissing the coveted award as "posh bingo". The 65-year-old triumphed with "The Sense of an Ending", ... Julian Barnes wins Booker Prize for 'Sense'
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Julian Barnes wins Booker Prize for 'Sense'
LONDON - English author and bookmakers' favourite Julian Barnes finally won the Man Booker Prize for fiction on Tuesday, despite once dismissing the coveted award as "posh bingo". The 65-year-old triumphed with "The Sense of an Ending", ... Julian Barnes wins Booker Prize for 'Sense'
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