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'Echo Maker' Wins National Book Award for Fiction

16th Nov 2006, 19:12 GMT

Star writers gathered in New York City on Wednesday night for the National Book Awards ceremony. Books dealing with the events of Sept. 11, and war, were among the nominees. A graphic novel was also among the nominees, a first. Among the winners was Richard Powers' The Echo Maker, which took the prize for fiction. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us

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