The scandal that wasn’t: “To read the headlines, you might think that the Yann Martel scandal is the latest example of a good author who done wrong. Ever since Martel won Britain’s prestigious Man Booker Prize last month for The Life of Pi, charges of plagiarism and intellectual theft have swirled around him. But as damning as the accusations may sound, the controversy reflects more poorly on those who have propagated it than on Martel. The brouhaha provides less insight into the ethics of literary creation than the way the media can spead false claims.” Raleigh News & Observer