‘It's almost as good as beating them on the field!,' said Allen & Unwin chairman Patrick Gallagher of the win. ‘The judges admitted that it was "tantamount to treason" to reward an Australian cricket book in an Ashes year, but at the end of the day it was "simply too bloody good!",' Gallagher told the Weekly Book Newsletter. ‘Allen and Unwin's UK manager Clare Drysdale told us that she started the evening as an unknown and somewhat lonely Aussie, but by the end of the function there was a queue of poms waiting to shake hands and congratulate her and the author. Now for the Ashes!'
Published: 17/03/2010
