Reformed cocaine addict is £50,000 Booker winner: “DBC Pierre, the unexpected winner of the £50,000 Man Booker Prize last night, promised to use his entire winnings to pay back some of the debts he ran up during a nine-year period as a cocaine addict and heavy gambler.

The virtually unknown author, who won for his debut novel, Vernon God Little, turned last night’s prize-giving ceremony in London into an astonishing exercise in self-pity.” —Telegraph.UK

In a surprise decision that confounded all predictions, a little-known Australian writer named D.B.C. Pierre was awarded the Man Booker prize for his novel Vernon God Little at a gala dinner in London last night.

“Unbelievable!” said Toronto bookseller Ben McNally, who each year puts together a Booker-themed window display at Nicholas Hoare Books on Front St. E. “I don’t have any copies.” —Toronto Star

Anybody out there read this yet? Do you intend to?