D. B. C. Pierre D. B. C. Pierre i(A78199 works by) (a.k.a. Dirty But Clean Pierre)
Writing name for: Peter Finlay
Born: Established: 1961 Reynella, Noarlunga - McLaren Vale area, Adelaide, South Australia, ;
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BiographyHistory

DBC Pierre was born in South Australia in 1961 before moving to Mexico where he was largely raised. He lives in the Republic of Ireland.

Most Referenced Works

Notes

  • Referred to in Southern Write (Nov 2003) as 'South Australian expatriate...the third Australian to win the Booker prize for contemporary fiction...'

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Vernon God Little London : Faber , 2003 Z1067461 2003 single work novel humour
2005 longlisted International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
2003 winner Costa Book Awards — Whitbread First Novel Award
2003 winner Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Writing (UK)
2003 winner The Booker Prize
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