Arts “I really owe George Bush my Booker [Prize], in an odd way. It’s really very funny.”
posted by on November 10 at 11:08 AM
The winner of the Booker Prize thanks George W. Bush. Sort of.
Indian novelist Kiran Desai said she may never have won the Booker Prize, one of the world’s most prestigious literary awards, had George W. Bush not been U.S. president — as he put her off becoming an American citizen.
You have to be British or Commonwealth to win, which Desai is, although she has been living in New York for 20 years…
Well, now there's one good thing he's done.
It's always been my opinion that someone who won't become a U.S. citizen because they're uncomfortable with a particular leader just doesn't understand what it means to be American. So, not exactly our loss, methinks.
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