J. M. Coetzee was the first author to win the Booker Prize twice and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2003. His work includes Waiting for the Barbarians, Life & Times of Michael K, The Master of Petersburg, Disgrace and Diary of a Bad Year. He lives in Adelaide.
`Beautifully composed, deeply thought, wonderfully written.' * New York Times * `Further witness to J. M. Coetzee's achievement as one of the most intelligent and important writers writing today.' * Washington Post *