The Booker Prize returned to its traditional ways (in which the favorite always loses) as three-time nominee Howard Jacobson finally was a winner for THE FINKLER QUESTION. Bloomsbury publishes the book in both the UK and the US (which picked up rights only after the book was shortlisted for the prize, and officially published it yesterday). In the UK they have announced a new 50,000-copy printing. The Bookseller says that Nielsen BookScan UK had recorded sales of 8,300 copies prior to the award. The US edition ranked No. 72 at Amazon and No. 30 at BN.com when the winner was […]
