The National Book Awards are the Oscars of the publishing industry, although nobody who attended the ceremony on November 16 at Cipriani Wall Street would likely confuse the two. Still, it wasn't without its glamour and drama. That night, Padma Lakshmi, best-selling author and former wife of Salman Rushdie - who only a few months before had been nearly murdered for his writing - was the host. Read more
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