Third time lucky and in the arms of a spunky woman

Yann Martel's first two books drowned like a double dragon without trace. But last night he won the Booker Prize with his story about a boy and a tiger stranded on a lifeboat.

The Guardian has Extract and Globe Books has their usual ‘Woo Canada’ piece.

Mr. Martel cried ‘Ahhh,’ threw up his hands and exclaimed: ‘When this started, it felt like being in a plane and all the edges were shaking and the plane was crashing. Now it feels like I'm in the arms of a beautiful woman.’

Still Martel is every editor's nightmare.