Petina Gappah's An Elegy for Easterly wins the Guardian first book award 2009

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The Guardian first book award ceremony took place last night, and publishers, authors and readers from all over the country gathered to hear judges Martha Kearney, Nadeem Aslam and Tobias Hill summarise the shortlisted books, and the Guardian's editor, Alan Rusbridger announce the name of the winner

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