Welsh Author Misses Out On Booker

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Welsh novelist Sarah Waters last night missed out on winning the 2006 Man Booker Prize for her book The Night Watch. Despite Ms Waters's novel being installed as the bookies' pre-announcement favourite, the prize went to Kiran Desai for The Inheritance of Loss.

It was the second time Pembrokeshire-born Ms Waters, pictured above, had come away empty-handed after being shortlisted for one of the world's best-known English-language arts prizes.

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Welsh Author Misses Out On Booker

Ms Desai's novel was voted ahead of the five other works vying for the pounds 50,00...

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