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DBC Pierre, 2003 This novel (Booker Prize, 2003) by the Australian born writer Peter Warren Finlay who took on the pen name DBC (standing for Dirty But Clean) Pierre is a black comedy featuring Vernon Gregory Little, a troubled teenager. Little is fifteen and lives in a small town in Texas in the US- Wrongly accused of being a conspirator in a horrific . incident involving the killing of 16 bullying schoolmates by his friend Jesus Navarro who then commits suicide, he goes on the run when things get completely out of hand; Written in contemporary vernacular, the book succeeds in presenting the ambiguities present in contemporary US. it won the 2003 Booker Prize.

Peter Carey, 2000 The New York based Australian writer Peter Carey's historical novel that got him the 2001 Booker is the story of the legendary Ned Kelly, Australia's most famous outlaw who was executed as a murderer and a horse thief in 1880. The story is revealed in the form of letters written in a distinctive vernacular to his baby daughter that he never sees. Born to very poor Irish immigrants, a conspiracy of circumstances makes him an outlaw who is a murderer in the eyes of the British police and an endearing national hero to most Australians. This exhilarating and panoramic work has the force of a classic 1 Western and keeps alive the aura surrounding the legend of Ned Kelly.

Gregory David Roberts, 2003 The adventurous and sensational life ledby the Australian writer, Gregory Roberts,a former armed robber and heroin addict,finds literary expression in this lengthynovel. The story is narrated by LindsayFord or Lin who arrives in Bombay andbefriends a local man Prabaker. Thetwo go to Pra_baker's village where hismother gives Lin the name Shantaramor Man of God's Peace. Slums, disease,underworld operations, Bollywood,prison stints, torture, smuggling are justsome of the things dealt with in the bookwhich ends with Lin's desire to embracean honest life. i

j.M.Coetzee, 2005 Coetzee's first novel after getting the2003 Nobel for Literature is an ambitiouspost modern work on loneliness, ageing,writing and acceptance. It centres aroundthe efforts of a _recusive 60·year—odretired photographer Paul Rayment tocome to terms with the loss of a leg afteracycling accident. A cold man with nofriends, Rayment finds it very difficult tofindsolace in anything until the entry ofMarijana jokic, a Croatian nurse into hislife. Things take a startling turn whenCoetzee introduces Elizabeth Costello,the heroine of one of his previous nov-els, and probably the author’s alter ego,into the book. She exhorts Rayment tolead a more interesting life and theirrelationship takes the book·to a strangeconclusion.

john Banville, 2005 Giving- his prose ”the kind of densenessand thickness that poetry has," lohnBanville, one of lreland's most acclaimedstylists, has managed to compress in 195pages an extraordinary tribute to thepower of memory. Written as a reflectivejournal, this intense novel won the 2005Man Booker Prize. It tells the story of MaxMorden, a retired art historian, who re-turns to the seaside village where he hadspent a summer as a child and attemptsto come to terms with the deaths of thosehe loved through his musings on his past.Beginning the narration after his wifeAnna's death, his memories flit haphaz—ardly among time spent with the Graces,a wealthy middle class family, time spentwith his wife and the present. '

DBC Pierre, 2003 This novel (Booker Prize, 2003) by theAustralian born writer Peter Warren Finlaywho took on the pen name DBC (standingfor Dirty But Clean) Pierre is a black com-edy featuring VernonGregory Little, a trou-bled teenager. Littleis fifteen and lives in a small town in Texas in the U S. Wrongl y accused of bei ng aconspirator in a h0rl‘iflC incident involving the killing of 16 bullyingschoolmates by his friend jesus Navarrowho then commits suicide, he goes onthe run when things get completely out ofhand. Written in contemporary vernacu-lar, the book succeeds in presenting theambiguities present in contemporary US.lt won the 2003 Booker Prize.

GangPeter Carey, 2000 The New York based Australian writer PeterCarey's historical novel that got him the2001 Booker is the story of the legendaryNed Kelly, AustraIia's most famous outlawwho was executed as a murderer and ahorse thief in 1880. The story is revealed inthe form of letters written in a distinctive vertnacular to his baby daughter that he neversees. Born to very poor Irish immigrants, aconspiracy of circumstances makes him anoutlaw who is a murderer in the eyes of theBritish police and an endearing national heroto most Australians. This exhilarating andpanoramic work has the force of a classic TWestern and keeps alive the aura surround-ing the legend of Ned Kelly.