Biography of cancer wins Guardian First Book award
Siddhartha Mukherjee's 'remarkable and unusual' study, The Emperor of All Maladies, beats four novels to the £10,000 prize
Read an extract from The Emperor of All Maladies
An oncologist has won the Guardian First Book award for his "biography" of cancer, The Emperor of All Maladies, which traces the disease from the first recorded mastectomy in 500BC to today's cutting edge research.
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Thursday, 1 December, 2011
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