Naomi Klein won the U Warwick Book Prize

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu9VmyfgdDA

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/feb/24/naomi-klein-warwick-prize
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On this year's shortlist, Miéville added that Klein's book scored outstandingly – in a strong field – for the chord it struck with this year's theme. "We kept coming back to the Klein book not just for its prescience and passion, but because of the 'systematicity' with which it builds a very sophisticated argument into a book that is both accessible and – odd though it sounds of such an angry work – beautiful."

"Towards the end we were looking for what constituted good writing. It's got to be well-informed, but it's also got to tell a compelling story so the reader doesn't struggle to keep up, without being dumbed down," Stewart said. "Complexity is a pretty vague statement, but we wanted a theme partly because it gives you something to discuss."

As well as her £50,000 prize, Klein also wins the opportunity to take up a short placement at the university, which vice-chancellor Nigel Thrift urged her to take up.

I'm glad she won the prize (see my sig). :-)

I've seen your signature before - love it.
I love her thank you speech. She nailed Greenspan and the Wall Street crooks.

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I'm reading the book now...when I finish it, I'm going to check out everything she's done since it was finished. The book is historic. The book is easy to read. The book scares the living daylights out of me. The book makes me angry too, but not at the author, at the system.