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2009 winners

Overall winners

Best Book
The Slap, Christos Tsiolkas, Australia

Best First Book  
A Case of Exploding Mangoes, Mohammed Hanif, Pakistan

 

Regional winners

Africa 

Best Book 
The Lost Colours of the Chameleon, Mandla Langa, South Africa

Best First Book 
Say You're One of Them, Uwem Akpan, Nigeria

 

Caribbean and Canada 

Best Book 
Good to a Fault, Marina Endicott, Canada

Best First Book 
Reading by Lightning, Joan Thomas, Canada

 

South Asia and Europe 

Best Book 
Unaccustomed Earth, Jhumpa Lahiri, UK

Best First Book  
A Case of Exploding Mangoes, Mohammed Hanif, Pakistan

 

South East Asia and Pacific 

Best Book
The Slap, Christos Tsiolkas, Australia

Best First Book  
The Year of the Shanghai Shark, Mo Zhi Hong, New Zealand

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