American writer Michael Thomas has won the International Impac Dublin Literary Award - the world's most lucrative literary prize - for his debut novel.Man Gone Down was chosen from a shortlist of eight novels to scoop the 100,000 euros (£85,000) prize.
Michael Thomas was born and raised in Boston. He lives in New York with his wife and three children. His debut novel has beaten off competition from 145 titles, nominated by 157 public libraries from 41 countries.
The winning novel, first published by Grove Atlantic, USA, and a New York Times top ten book of 2007, was chosen from a shortlist of eight, which included novels from the USA, France, India, Pakistan and Norway. Man Gone Down was published by Atlantic Books, UK in 2009.
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