Winners of the Booker Prize
Booker Prize Public
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Phil in SF says: 1982 winner
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Life & times of Michael K by J. M. Coetzee
5 stars
In a South Africa torn by civil war, Michael K sets out to take his mother back to her rural …
Phil in SF says: 1983 winner
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Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner
4 stars
Into the rarefied atmosphere of the Hotel du Lac timidly walks Edith Hope, romantic novelist and holder of modest dreams. …
Phil in SF says: 1984 winner
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At once a mystery, a love story, and an ambitious exploration of the zone where Maori and European New Zealand …
Phil in SF says: 1985 winner
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The Old Devils by Kingsley Amis
Under the comic, often abrasive service of Kingsley Amis's novels there has always been detectable something more thoughtful and sympathetic, …
Phil in SF says: 1986 winner
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Phil in SF says: 1987 winner
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Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey
Oscar and Lucinda is a novel by Australian author Peter Carey which won the 1988 Booker Prize and the 1989 …
Phil in SF says: 1988 winner
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The remains of the day by Kazuo Ishiguro
4 stars
In the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely holiday that will take …
Phil in SF says: 1989 winner
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Winner of England’s Booker Prize and the literary sensation of the year, Possession is an exhilarating novel of wit and …
Phil in SF says: 1990 winner
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The Famished Road by Ben Okri (The Famished Road Trilogy, #1)
AZARO IS A SPIRIT-CHILD. When he was born his another recognised him and this recognition brought her sadness. For the …
Phil in SF says: 1991 winner
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The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
4 stars
With ravishing beauty and unsettling intelligence, Michael Ondaatje's Booker Prize-winning novel traces the intersection of four damaged lives in an …
Phil in SF says: 1992 joint winner
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Phil in SF says: 1992 joint winner
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The God of small things by Arundhati Roy
4 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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3 stars
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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3 stars
David Lurie, middle-aged and twice divorced, is a scholar fallen into disgrace. After years teaching Romantic poetry at the Technical …
Phil in SF says: 1999 winner
