Petina Gappah's An Elegy for Easterly wins Guardian First Book Award 2009
Trade lawyer impresses critics and readers alike with 'disarmingly funny' short stories of Zimbabwe
A Geneva-based international trade lawyer whose poignant, humane and funny collection of stories about her home country, Zimbabwe, has impressed critics was tonight named winner of the Guardian First Book Award.
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Wednesday, 2 December, 2009
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