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December 03, 2004
Non-Fiction Genetics Book takes Guardian Award
Gleaned from ic wales
I've got this on order from Amazon -- found a used copy for $12. Will report on it later after I've read it...
Genetic mutants scoop book prize
Dec 2 2004
Karen Attwood
A book about human genetic mutation has won the Guardian First Book Award 2004, it was announced tonight.
Armand Marie Leroi, reader in evolutionary developmental biology at Imperial College, London, was presented with the £10,000 award for Mutants: On the Form, Varieties and Errors of the Human Body, described as a narrative account of our genetic grammar.
Theatre director Sir Richard Eyre, who was one of the judges, said Mutants was "extraordinarily thought-provoking".
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"It is not just about the science of abnormality, but about everything that could possibly be affected by that science, from the lifespan of fruit flies to the depiction of nostrils in the paintings of Toulouse-Lautrec."
This is the third time the award has been won by a non-fiction title since its launch six years ago.
The award, for first time authors, recognises and rewards new fiction and non-fiction writing.
Posted by canton at December 3, 2004 03:45 PM