April 05, 2016 - 6:57 AM
NEW YORK, N.Y. - James Hannaham's "Delicious Foods," a sharp and innovative thriller about race and class, has won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.
The PEN/Faulkner Foundation announced Tuesday that Hannaham will receive $15,000. The four other finalists — Julie Iromuanya, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Elizabeth Tallent and Luis Urrea — each will be given $5,000.
One of the country's top literary prizes, the PEN/Faulkner award was established in 1981. Previous winners include Ann Patchett, Philip Roth and Sherman Alexie.
News from © The Associated Press, 2016