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THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE WINNERS - 1987 |
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| The Man Booker Prize for Fiction represents the very best in contemporary fiction. One of the world's most prestigious awards, and one of incomparable influence, it continues to be the pinnacle of ambition for every fiction writer. It has the power to transform the fortunes of authors, and even publishers. |
| Winner! Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively Major figures in the life of the narrator, a painter who specializes as a copyist, are Clio, his child-bride, Helen, his first wife, and his mother Maisie. They confound lies and the truth in a subtle weave, while the silent agony of the painter`s son is a reflection on the busy web of deception. Read more... |
| Anthills of the Savannah by Chinua Achebe Somewhere in an unnamed Eastern bloc country, someone is out to silence Cardinal Bern. Is it the Secret Police, or is it - more shockingly - fanatical Catholic activists who believe that Bern, by keeping the peace between Church and State, has finally compromised himself too far? Narrowly escaping an assassination attempt, Bern is abducted by sinister, anonymous men, and spirited away to a I safe-house` against his will. Evading his unknown captors, he is faced with a horrifying proposition: no longer sure of whom he can trust, Bern realises that he alone can avert the revolution which threatens to tear his country apart... Read more... |
| CHATTERTON -OS by Peter Ackroyd Major figures in the life of the narrator, a painter who specializes as a copyist, are Clio, his child-bride, Helen, his first wife, and his mother Maisie. They confound lies and the truth in a subtle weave, while the silent agony of the painter`s son is a reflection on the busy web of deception. Read more... |
| Circles of Deceit by Nina Bawden Major figures in the life of the narrator, a painter who specializes as a copyist, are Clio, his child-bride, Helen, his first wife, and his mother Maisie. They confound lies and the truth in a subtle weave, while the silent agony of the painter`s son is a reflection on the busy web of deception. Read more... |
| The Colour of Blood by Brian Moore Somewhere in an unnamed Eastern bloc country, someone is out to silence Cardinal Bern. Is it the Secret Police, or is it - more shockingly - fanatical Catholic activists who believe that Bern, by keeping the peace between Church and State, has finally compromised himself too far? Narrowly escaping an assassination attempt, Bern is abducted by sinister, anonymous men, and spirited away to a I safe-house` against his will. Evading his unknown captors, he is faced with a horrifying proposition: no longer sure of whom he can trust, Bern realises that he alone can avert the revolution which threatens to tear his country apart... Read more... |
| The Book and the Brotherhood (Penguin Fiction) by Iris Murdoch Many years ago, one of their number writes a political book. Time passes and their opinions about the book change. The theft of a wife further embroils the situation. Moral indignation must be separated from political disagreement. Read more... |
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