‘The Accidental’ named top novel
From Associated Press
Scottish writer Ali Smith’s “The Accidental” has been named novel of the year in Britain’s prestigious Whitbread Book Awards.
Smith, best known as a short-story writer, won the best novel category Tuesday for her first full-length novel, the tale of an enigmatic young woman who disturbs a family’s uneventful holiday in an English town.
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