Live off (the fat of the land)

Another former winner found other advantages. "For me the Booker meant that I got foreign rights and paperback rights and American rights," said Bernice Rubens, who won in 1970 for "The Elected Member." "No one can live off the English rights. Also, the publishers put on every other book you ever write 'winner of the Booker Prize' and the public is duped into thinking you won it for that book." Hailing the Prize Itself


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live off the fatta the lan': Live off the fat of the land. The fat of the land is an expression that refers to having the best of everything. In the case of Lennie and George and their dream for a place of their own, it also means that they believe they will be able to survive and prosper by simply relying on what they can grow and raise -- that the land is so "fat" they will need nothing else to be happy.