Winners of the Booker Prize
Booker Prize Public
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Something to Answer For by P. H. Newby
It was 1956, and he was in Port Said. About these two facts, Townrow was reasonably certain, but a murderous …
Phil in SF says: 1969 winner
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Troubles by J.G. Farrell (Empire Trilogy, #1)
1919: After surviving the Great War, Major Brendan Archer makes his way to Ireland, hoping to discover whether he is …
Phil in SF says: Lost Booker winner (awarded in 2010)
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The Elected Member by Bernice Rubens
It often occurs in the families of the insane that a certain member of the family is unconsciously chosen by …
Phil in SF says: 1970 winner
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In a Free State by V. S. Naipaul
This may be V.S. Naipaul's best book. It is certainly his most original and complete. It is a sequence, part …
Phil in SF says: 1971 winner
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2 stars
G. is preeminently, monumentally, the sexual man: an embodiment, perhaps, of the life-force itself. In him, the claims of sexuality …
Phil in SF says: 1972 winner
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The Siege of Krishnapur by J.G. Farrell (Empire Trilogy, #2)
In the Spring of 1857, with India on the brink of a violent and bloody mutiny, Krishnapur was a remote …
Phil in SF says: 1973 winner
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Phil in SF says: 1974 joint winner
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Edwin Fisher's holiday is a week in a boarding house in an East coast resort. Why has this successful University …
Phil in SF says: 1974 joint winner
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Phil in SF says: 1975 winner
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Saxton, a mining village in South Yorkshire, is the setting for David Storey's new novel, his most complex and ambitious …
Phil in SF says: 1976 winner
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Phil in SF says: 1977 winner
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Phil in SF says: 1978 winner
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Phil in SF says: 1979 winner
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Rites of Passage by William Golding (Sea Trilogy, #1)
One year after the publication of the highly praised Darkness Visible, his first novel in twelve years, William Golding …
Phil in SF says: 1980 winner
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MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN (Signed) by Salman Rushdie
4 stars
Midnight's Children is a 1981 novel by author Salman Rushdie. Published by Jonathan Cape with cover design by Bill Botten. …
Phil in SF says: 1981 winner
