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/ 21 December 2006
In 2001, when the United States and the United Kingdom arrived in Afghanistan, they sold their mission to the world not simply as a way of driving out the terrorist-shielding Taliban but also as a way of empowering women. As the wife of the UK premier, Cherie Blair, said in 2001: "We need to help Afghan women free their spirit and give them their voice back, so they can create the better Afghanistan we all want to see."
Judges tend to see male writers as the more authoritative and safer choice, writes Natasha Walter.
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/ 29 November 2002
<b>Review:</b> <i>The Little Friend</i>
by Donna Tartt
(Bloomsbury)