| **News and Events: "The Villain" wins Boardman-Tasker award. |
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| Fri, October 7, 2005 10:58 AM |
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The Mountaineers Books is once more the US publisher for the prestigious Boardman-Tasker mountain literature award winner for 2005!
 "The Villain," by Jim Perrin, has been given the prize.
"The Villian" is a detailed and compassionate view of the life of a complex and often difficult character, who was one of the key figures in British climbing since the last war. The book is in turns funny, sad, thrilling and infuriating as one is suddenly confronted with such a rapid decline of a giant personality in our sport.
The prize of £2,000 commemorates the lives of mountaineers Peter Boardman and Joe Tasker and is given to the author or co-authors of an original work which has made an outstanding contribution to mountain literature. More information on the Boardman-Tasker award can be found on its website.
Here's a link to the speech in which the shortlist is discussed:
http://www.boardmantasker.com/site/prizegiving_2005.pdf
And as always, this book is available to members at a 20% discount when purchased through The Mountaineers Bookstore.
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