Dinaw Mengestu. Photograph: Linda Nylind
A tale of the cross-cultural confusion of an Ethiopian scraping a living in Washington, Dinaw Mengestu's Children of the Revolution saw off some stiff competition to take the 2007 Guardian First Book Award last night.
Fresh from his victory - "I'm still stunned to have won" - the Ethiopian-American author talks to the Guardian's literary editor and chair of the judges about his remarkable book, and how it feels to have his debut novel secure this honour.
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