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Michael Moore's Stupid White Men, an anti-war satire which attacks US President George Bush, was named Book of the Year. Michael Moore: boosted by public telephone vote It took top prize at the British Book Awards last night, beating Yann Martel's Booker Prize winner Life Of Pi and Manchester United star Roy Keane's autobiography. Keane was also nominated in the biography category along with Ulrika Jonsson, who wrote about her affair with England coach Sven Goran Eriksson in her book, Honest. But neither Jonsson's sensational revelations nor Keane's book - in which he admitted deliberately trying to injure Manchester City's...

Moore's book was originally shelved by US publishers A satirical anti-war attack on President George Bush and the US political machine was the surprise winner of the top prize at the British Book Awards. Stupid White Men, by author and filmmaker Michael Moore, took the Book of the Year award. Moore's book beat Roy Keane's bestselling autobiography, one of the fancied favourites, as well as Booker winner, Life of Pi, and Ian McEwan's Atonement. Moore's triumph was boosted by a strong telephone vote from the public, who were invited to participate in the awards for the first time this year....