British author Claire Tomalin faces the media holding her Whitbread
Book of the Year Award entry "Samuel Pepys The Equalled Self" in London
January 28, 2003. The Whitbread Award, one of the longest-running and
most prestigious book awards in the UK, consists of six awards in
total. The overall winner will be presented with 25,000 pounds ($40,
925). REUTERS/Peter MacDiarmid

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