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I'd like to add a p.s. to the note I sent off earlier this evening.To the puzzled reader in Australia: The money that goes with the Booker prize is welcome to authors, but the award itself is meaningless. The winners of some prizes like the NBA are determined by taking a poll of other experienced writers or critics. I've been told that the winner of the annual Booker prize is determined by one man with a great deal of money and no apparent literary qualifications. If we were rich enough, we could establish our own Booker Prizes. The prize has been given to some outstanding books--and to some incredibly awful ones.