Ha Jin has nabbed the PEN/Faulkner. This is his second win. And this also makes Ha Jin the second author to win the award twice — aside from Philip Roth.
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Ha Jin has nabbed the PEN/Faulkner. This is his second win. And this also makes Ha Jin the second author to win the award twice — aside from Philip Roth.
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I handicapped the PEN/Faulkner on the 14th, calling Jin “even money”–with Robinson at 6 to 4 odds (yes, sometimes The Happy Booker is The Happy Bookie). I am not surprised by the decision but there’s a lot of people out there who are going to owe me money.