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WINNER OF THE GOLDEN MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018

About the Author

Michael Ondaatje is the author of several novels, as well as a memoir, a non-fiction book on film, and several books of poetry. Among his many Canadian and international recognitions, his novel The English Patient won the Booker Prize and the 2018 Golden Man Booker Prize, and was adapted into a multi-award-winning Oscar movie; and Anil's Ghost won the Giller Prize, the Irish Times International Fiction Prize, and the Prix Medicis. Born in Sri Lanka, Michael Ondaatje lives in Toronto.

Reviews

Profound, beautiful and heart-quickening * Toni Morrison *
Masterful ... A rich and compelling work of fiction * Don DeLillo *
One of the most innovative and liberating writers of our time * Guardian *
Magnificent ... A wise and graceful book about history itself * Sunday Times *