Man Booker Prize Winners & Finalists (1973)

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Publisher's Comments:

The Siege of Krishnapur is thought by many to be J. G. Farrell's finest book. Set in India in 1857 (the year of the Great Mutiny, when the Indian sepoys rose in bloody rebellion against their complacent British overlords), Farrell's novel concerns a remote Victorian outpost in the subcontinent. Rumors of strife filter in from afar, but the colonial community remains confident of its superior values, culture, and, of course, military strength - that is, until it is actually under siege. Then gaping cracks begin to open in the veneer of civilization.

Publisher's Comments:

If Liverpool in 1944 was grim for Rita and her aunts Nellie and Margo, Rita knew that life in America was gay and rich - she'd seen it in the movies. So when a GI came to call, she was sure that love and escape would follow. But Nellie knew different - the boy would have to go.

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Publisher's Comments:

Murdoch's 15th novel is a study of artistic inspiration, a love song to Shakespeare, and to a dark god, the "Black Prince". Bradley Pearson, is an elderly "blocked" writer; his best friend, Arnold Baffin, is a bestselling author. Jealousy, fear, love, hate and misunderstanding bedevil the pair.

Longlist information for 1973 is not available; the Booker Prize did not release longlists until 2001.

Karl Miller (Chair), Edna O'Brien and Mary McCarthy