Sebastian Barry Wins Costa Prize
by Ryan McBride - Wednesday, Jan 28, 2009 at 4:27pm
has won the 2008 Costa Book of the Year award for his novel The Secret Scripture.
The Costa Prize (formerly known as the Whitbread) recognizes the most enjoyable books in the last year published in the UK and Ireland.
According to the Costa website,
Barry, the bookmaker's odds-on favourite, won against one of the most acclaimed collections of finalists in the Book Awards history beating 91 year-old author for her memoir Somewhere Towards the End, bestselling first-time novelist for The Outcast, poet and writer for The Broken Word and popular children's writer for Just Henry, to win the overall prize and a cheque for £25,000 at the glittering awards ceremony.
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