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'Hahn shares the opinions of J. M. Coetzee's late novels. The appearance of Disgrace (1999) solidified the already ample prestige of Coetzee, garnering him a rare second Booker Prize and providing the final piece of evidence for his Nobel Prize. The awards and the critical acclaim were not unexpected, since Coetzee's seven previous novels (notably Waiting for the Barbarians and Life & Times of Michael K) had by then secured their author a prodigious international reputation and made him the subject of intense scholarly attention and discussion. The surprise of Disgrace was its popular success.' (Editor's abstract)