“You know when you get to a certain age and stage, you do feel you go through a period where you’re unawardable, just as politicians go through a period when they’re unelectable,” Atwood said in an interview yesterday, the day after being awarded the Booker Prize for her 10th novel, The Blind Assassin. “I think they’re relieved they did this before I toppled into the grave.” – The Globe and Mail (Canada)