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The British Book Awards 2006

Waterstone's Newcomer of the Year


And the WINNER is: Marina Lewycka – A Short History of Tractors in Ukranian (Viking)
Congratulations!

Four writers who have attracted attention with their first novels...

The final shortlist was:

Stephen Clarke
A Year in the Merde (Black Swan)

Mark Gatiss
The Vesuvius Club (Pocket)

Elizabeth Kostova
The Historian (Little, Brown)

Marina Lewycka
A Short History of Tractors in Ukranian (Viking)

 





First Shown on 4
British Book Awards 2005
1 Apr 2006, 6.00pm

Repeated on More 4
2 Apr 2006, 5.00pm
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