Booker's

If you're wondering why the Man Booker committee decided to bestow this prize a few years later than might have been expected, here's the lowdown: In the first years of the Booker's history, prizes were awarded the year after publication (the 1970 prize was given to a book published in 1969).

Awards and honors 2010

If you're wondering why the Man Booker committee decided to bestow this prize a few years later than might have been expected, here's the lowdown: In the first years of the Booker's history, prizes were awarded the year after publication (the 1970 prize was given to a book published in 1969).

40 years after publication, J.G. Farrell's Troubles wins the "Lost" Man Booker Prize 2010

That complaint is also a compliment: "Brick City's" first season achieved that rare trick of good documentary filmmaking, bringing crime and poverty statistics to life through unflinching portraits of former gang members, community activists and Booker's controversial police director, Garry McCarthy.

'Brick City' breaks away from its solid mold Hank Stuever 2011

Kureishi's words came back to me as I watched the procession of shortlisted writers in shiny shoes and black tie make their way to the podium to collect hand-tooled editions of their work from Man Booker's representative at the Guildhall last Tuesday.

The Booker prize is just another flea circus for writers Robert McCrum 2010

"I can do no better than repeat Christopher Booker's article from yesterday's Telegraph" - what a damning indictment!

Global warming in Antarctica Not a sheep 2009

The more "Brick City" we see, the more cracks we begin to notice in Booker's political and personal veneer.

'Brick City' breaks away from its solid mold Hank Stuever 2011

Ominously, Booker's predecessor, Sharpe James, sent away on federal corruption charges, is released from prison and welcomed by some as a hero.

'Brick City' breaks away from its solid mold Hank Stuever 2011

Few of Booker's fouls were of the cheap variety, as he got called for setting a few vicious screens and slammed Chandler to the ground in another exchange.

Yi Jianlian has season-best outing in Dallas Michael Lee 2011

The show picks up in late 2009 and continues through Booker's campaign to win another term in the spring of 2010.

'Brick City' breaks away from its solid mold Hank Stuever 2011

Jacobson's triumph is all the more piquant because he has been a vigorous and contentious critic of Booker's tendency to select "the same dreary books year after year".

The Booker prize is just another flea circus for writers Robert McCrum 2010