DBC Pierre: 'I'm not a satirist. Reality has surpassed satire'
DBC Pierre tells Sean O'Hagan how we are all in danger of following in the 'dangerously blurred' footsteps of his youth
October 2003
Myth and kin
The Editor press review
What to say about...
Artist tells of Booker Prize conman's call
I spotted the Booker winner in a slush pile. Why didn't I just keep quiet?
Booker's birth of the cool
Dirty but not yet clean
Booker winner pays his dues
Digested read
Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre
'How did I get here?'
A Woosterian Brahmin caste
Fiachra Gibbons
Bizarre twist to strange tale as repentant rogue wins over Booker prize judges
Prize fights
The Good Doctor by Damon Galgut
Unmasked: the murky past of Booker author
Novelist Dirty Pierre comes clean: I was a conman
Astonishing Splashes of Colour by Clare Morrall
September 2003
Great expectations
In a refreshing Booker Prize short list, the most welcome nominee is Zoë Heller, but even if she wins, she won't be at the ceremony - motherhood comes first.
Move over, Coetzee
Damon Galgut, shortlisted for the Booker, is the bold, fresh voice of South African fiction, says Stephanie Merritt
Professor Carey has come up trumps
This year's Man Booker Prize short list is a refreshing change, writes Robert McCrum
