Winners of the Booker Prize
Booker Prize Public
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Phil in SF says: 1996 winner
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The God of small things by Arundhati Roy
3 stars
The God of Small Things is the debut novel of Indian writer Arundhati Roy. It is a story about the …
Phil in SF says: 1997 winner
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Winner of the 1998 Booker PrizeOn a chilly February day two old friends meet in the throng outside a crematorium …
Phil in SF says: 1998 winner
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At fifty-two, Professor David Lurie is divorced, filled with desire, but lacking in passion. An affair with one of his …
Phil in SF says: 1999 winner
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The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
'Ten days after the war ended, my sister Laura drove a car off a bridge.' Thus begins The Blind Assassin …
Phil in SF says: 2000 winner
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Phil in SF says: 2001 winner
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After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, one solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. The only …
Phil in SF says: 2002 winner
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Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre
Fifteen-year-old Vernon Gregory Little is in trouble. And it has something to do with the recent massacre of 16 students …
Phil in SF says: 2003 winner
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The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
It is the summer of 1983, and twenty-year-old Nick Guest has moved into an attic room in the Notting Hill …
Phil in SF says: 2004 winner
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Phil in SF says: 2005 winner
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The inheritance of loss by Kiran Desai
In a crumbling, isolated house at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas lives an embittered judge who wants …
Phil in SF says: 2006 winner
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The nine surviving children of the Hegarty clan gather in Dublin for the wake of their wayward brother Liam. It …
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The white tiger by Aravind Adiga
Meet Balram Halwai, the 'White Tiger': servant, philosopher, entrepreneur... murderer. Balram was born in a backwater village on the River …
Phil in SF says: 2008 winner
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In the ruthless arena of King Henry VIII's court, only one man dares to gamble his life to win the …
Phil in SF says: 2009 winner
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Phil in SF says: 2010 winner
