Deck: Cyber Curmudgeon - ACLU, not the U.S. Treasury

"Part of this book is about the rise and aftermath of Fascism in Nazi Germany," Belgian author Paul Verhaeghen has said. "And it's hard to miss the analogous things happening in the U.S."

Verhaeghen has won the £10,000 ($19,558) Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for his work as both author and translator of Omega Minor.

"I refused the Flemish Culture award after I realized around $5,000 of the winnings would go to the U.S. Treasury. So this time, I decided to give the money to the American Civil Liberties Union, which works for civil rights. The money won't be liable for tax."