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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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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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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Phil in SF says: 1973 winner
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Phil in SF says: 1974 joint winner
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This consummate portrait of English provincial life, an extremely subtle story, told with all Middleton's artistry and depth of feeling, …
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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Phil in SF says: 1980 winner
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Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
1 star
Saleem Sinai was born at midnight, the midnight of India's independence, and found himself mysteriously 'handcuffed to history' by the …
Phil in SF says: 1981 winner
