Naomi Klein has won the £50,000 Warwick Prize for Writing for her recent book, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism.
This is the first year the prize has been offered, focusing on the theme of “complexity.” The shortlist included: Reinventing the Sacred by Stuart A. Kauffman, The Rest is Noise by Alex Ross, Montano’s Malady by Enrique Vila-Matas, Mad Bad and Sad by Lisa Appignanesi, The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed Bishop Gerardi? by Francisco Goldman.
Here’s more from the Globe and Mail: “Chair judge China Mieville called it ‘a brilliant, provocative, outstandingly written investigation into some of the great outrages of our time. It has started many debates, and will start many more…'” (Via Bookslut)