The Echo Maker winner of U.S. National Book Award
16th Nov 2006, 17:34 GMT
The Echo Maker by Richard Powers won the U.S. National Book Award for fiction on Wednesday night, as relatively unknown and unexpected authors took home the top prizes.
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