British writer Hilary Mantel, who has already made literary history by winning the Booker Prize and the prestigious Costa Book of the Year Award for Bring Up The Bodies, is now in the race to win the prestigious Women’s Prize for Fiction. Her second book in her trilogy on Thomas Cromwell was on Tuesday shortlisted for the prestigious prize, formerly known as Orange Prize for fiction. The shortlist was announced at the London Bookfair.
The prize, which was instituted in 1996, was till last year awarded under the sponsorship of Orange, which ended its 17-year-old sponsorship deal in 2012. The prize this year is being awarded without any sponsorship. The prize, which includes £30,000 and a limited edition bronze figurine called the Bessie, will be announced in London on June 5. The six-book shortlist includes Flight Behaviour by Barbara Kingsolver, who won the prize previously in 2010 for her novel The Lacuna.
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Bugatti Veyron world’s fastest car, again
Washington: Guinness has pulled a U-turn, confirming Buggati Veyron, with a top speed of 431.072 km per hour, as the world’s fastest car. Bugatti’s record set back in 2010 is official all over again, after having its world record for fastest production car thrown into question by a competitor and put under review by Guinness. “Following a thorough review conducted with a number of external experts, Guinness World Records is pleased to announce the confirmation of Bugatti’s record of Fastest production car achieved by the Veyron 16.4 Super Sport,” Guinness said, according to Gizmag website.
The world record in question was a 431.072 km/h mark that Pierre Henri Raphanel set in the 1,183-hp Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport in July 2010.
— PTI