Harold Pinter
Photograph: Graham Turner
So, the Nobel goes to Harold Pinter and, once again, the Vulture has to bow its head in shame and admit to having got it completely wrong. Our failure to predict winners for any literary contest (or, in this case, to even mention that they might have been a contender) is getting really quite embarrassing.
But moving swiftly on from our failure to Pinter's success, according to the Swedish Academy, the playwright and poet is a writer "who in his plays uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle and forces entry into oppression's closed rooms." Do you agree?
Read the full story here to find out more about Pinter and the prize, and let us know your thoughts.
