Samuel Johnson prize 2007
Broken promises
Read an extract from Rajiv Chandrasekaran's Samuel Johnson prize-winning book, Imperial Life in the Emerald City
Award for account of life inside Iraq's Green Zone
Rajiv Chandrasekaran carries off non-fiction's biggest prize with a chronicle of chaos and cronyism in post-invasion Iraq, Imperial Life in the Emerald City.
Futile, fraudulent or worse
Imperial Life in the Emerald City by Rajiv Chandrasekaran and The Occupation of Iraq by Ali A Allawi are two very different books on Iraq that point to the same grim conclusion, writes Oliver Miles.
Harsh reality dominates non-fiction prize shortlist
Samuel Johnson shortlist packs political punch
Politics and religion loom large in Samuel Johnson longlist
The announcement of the Samuel Johnson prize longlist earlier today reveals a nation troubled by god and war.