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Issue 44 / May 2012

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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