Past Man Booker Prize Winners & Finalists (1976)

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1976
Book Cover	Book Details	Synopsis	TBS Rank
1976 Winner	Saville by David Storey Publisher: Cape ISBN: 0380018896	Set in South Yorkshire , this is the story of Colin's struggle to come to terms with his family - his mercurial, ambitious father, his deep-feeling, long-suffering mother - and to escape the stifling heritage of the raw mining community into which he was born. This book won the 1976 Booker Prize.
	An Instant in the Wind by Andre Brink Publisher: W.H. Allen ISBN: 0140080147	In early 1749 a white woman and a black man are stranded together in the wilderness of the South African interior. She is an educated person, totally helpless in the wilds. He is a runaway slave. As they face the long trek back to civilization, a fellowship emerges between them.
	Rising by R.C. Hutchinson Publisher: Michael Joseph ISBN: 0718115236	Rising was R.C. Hutchinson's last novel, the final pages of which he was writing on the day he died. The powerful re-creation of an episode in South American history, it is also the profound exploration of human relationships and the struggle between good and evil. Sabino—the outcast member of a rich mine-owning family—is renowned for his arrogance and brutality. For reasons of personal revenge, he agrees to lead an expedition to crush saboteurs who are attacking a railway like vital to the mine. Leading his army of half-starved men across the arid and treacherous landscape, Sabino also embarks on a journey of the soul.
	The Doctor's Wife by Brian Moore Publisher: Cape ISBN: 0586087397	Shortlisted for the 1976 Booker Prize, this is a novel about an ordinary woman, in the middle of her life, seized by love for a younger man. The author also wrote "The Colour of Blood", "The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne" and "The Doctor's Wife".
	King Fisher Lives by Julian Rathbone Publisher: Michael Joseph ISBN: 071811471X	Dramatic story set in Spain, with an interesting subtext from Shakespeare's Timon of Athens. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize and somewhat scarce.
	The Children of Dynmouth by William Trevor Publisher: Bodley Head ISBN: 0140047182	A small, pretty seaside town is harshly exposed by a young boy's curiosity. His prurient interest, oddly motivated, leaves few people unaffected—and the consequences cannot be ignored.
Judges	Walter Allen, Mary Wilson, Francis King