这位阿德莱德出生的作家属于慢工出细活的类型，他上一部作品还是十年前的那本薄薄的《桉树》，这部作品为他赢得了英联邦作家奖和迈尔斯·富兰克林奖。
The Adelaide-born author writes so slowly that a decade has passed since his previous, slim novel, "Eucalyptus", was published, winning the Commonwealth Writers' 2 and Miles Franklin prizes 3.
而在2014年放开国籍限制前，布克奖仅限于颁发给英国，爱尔兰和英联邦国家的作家的作品。
Until 2014, the prize was restricted to novels written by authors from Britain, Ireland and the Commonwealth nations.
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