Colum McCann wins 2009 National Book Award for fiction

Barry’s 2009 Costa prizewinning novel was nominated by libraries in Ireland, the UK, the Czech Republic, South Africa, and the U.S., while O’Neill’s Man Booker Prize long-listed book was nominated by libraries in Ireland, Austria, South Africa and the U.S. Northern Ireland writers David Park, for The Truth Commissioner, and Deirdre Madden, for Molly Fox’s Birthday, also earned nominations. The short list for the IMPAC award will be announced in April 2010.
 

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