The PW Morning Report, October 15, 2008
By Dermot McEvoy -- Publishers Weekly, 10/15/2008 5:41:00 AM
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
A daily
round-up of the latest publishing news: Aravind Adiga Wins Man Booker Prize; Peter Vansittart Dead; British Library Buys Ted Hughes Archives; Christopher Buckley Leaves National Review; Dr. Denis Leary; Headshot to Warner’s; and "Hoover" McCormick
Aravind Adiga Wins Man Booker Prize, reports New York Times
Adiga won for The White Tiger, an exploration of India’s class struggle as seen through the eyes of a village boy
Peter Vansittart, Historical Novelist, Dead at 88, reports New York Times
The English writer explored such historical settings as the Roman Britain, medieval France and 16th-century Germany. Some of his works included The Death of Robin Hood (1981), Three Six Seven (1983), Parsifal (1988) and The Wall (1990)
British Library Buys Ted Hughes Archives, reports AP
The Library paid £500,000 ($880,000) to the poet’s estate for the manuscripts, letters, journals and personal diaries
Christopher Buckley Leaves National Review After Endorsing Senator Obama, reports AP
Buckley: "It’s a good thing my dear old mum and pup [National Review founder William F. Buckley Jr.] are no longer alive. They’d cut off my allowance," he wrote for The Daily Beast
Denis Leary Takes On Autism (And More) in New Book, reports Page Six of the New York Post
In his new book, Why We Suck: A Feel-Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid (Viking; November 18), Leary has an opinion about everything, including autism, Dr. Phil, Hillary Clinton, Paul McCartney and Heather Mills
Warner Bros. Acquires Headshot, reports Variety
Warner gets screen rights to the three-book graphic novel series by Alexis Nolent (published in France by Casterman). Alessandro Camon will write the script
Just Call her Maureen "Hoover" McCormick, reports New York Daily News
I promise this will be the last time I mention Maureen McCormick’s Here’s the Story, but there’s just something about a coke whore nicknamed "Hoover"
