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The farce of the Nobel Peace Prize

The award has come to reflect the Norwegian committee’s own political interests, while past winners have included notorious terrorists, says Unni Turrettini

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf receives the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011. Credit: Getty Images

  • Betraying the Nobel: The Secrets and Corruption Behind the Nobel Peace Prize

    Unni Turrettini, with a foreword by Michael Nobel

    Pegasus, pp. 304, £20

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