A Swiftian hero
The first American winner of the Man Booker Prize
Apology (November 2nd 2016): It has come to our attention that several sentences in our reporting piece in last week’s edition on the award of the Man Booker prize for fiction to Paul Beatty (“A Swiftian hero”, online, and with the headline “Dope and the doppelganger” in the print edition dated October 29th) contained strong similarities to a review of Mr Beatty’s winning novel, “The Sellout”, that appeared in the New York Times on February 26th 2015, and also to a BBC report on the prize on October 26th. This falls far short of proper reporting standards. It is not what readers expect from The Economist. We apologise unreservedly and are withdrawing the article. In the interests of transparency, the withdrawn piece is available here.
This article appeared in the Culture section of the print edition under the headline "Dope and the doppelganger"
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