Latest success for prolific author
First choice ... Kate Winslet as Hannah in The Reader.
An award-winning film is the latest success for this philosopher-turned-prolific author, writes Steve Meacham. Bernhard Schlink - considered by some to be the finest legal philosopher-turned-best-selling fiction writer - is jubilant.
At home in wintry Berlin, he's just heard the news from sunny Los Angeles: Kate Winslet has won the Golden Globe for best supporting actress as Hannah in the movie of his hit novel, The Reader.