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Winner of the 2006 BookerWinner of the 2006 NBCC Fiction

The Inheritance of Loss

by Kiran Desai

Recorded edition: Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated · 2007 · ISBN 1555845916 · Edition source

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FictionBooks That Won Multiple Literary Awards
YearBook / recipientAwardResult
2007
The Inheritance of Loss
Kiran Desai		Women's Prize for FictionshortlistedSource

2006 winner

The Booker Prize

United Kingdom

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National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction

United States · Fiction

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