Past Man Booker Prize Winners & Finalists (1991)

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1991
Book Cover	Book Details	Synopsis	TBS Rank
1991 Winner	The Famished Road by Ben Okri Publisher: Cape ISBN: 0385425139	Set in the ghetto of an African city during British colonial rule, this rich, phantasmagorical novel follows Azaro, a "spirit-child" who has reneged on a pact with the spirit world. Winner of the 1991 Booker Prize, this book is "something approaching a masterpiece of magic realism...." -- The Wall Street Journal	2
	Time's Arrow by Martin Amis Publisher: Cape ISBN: 0679735720	In Time's Arrow the doctor Tod T. Friendly dies and then feels markedly better, breaks up with his lovers as a prelude to seducing them, and mangles his patients before he sends them home. And all the while Tod's life races backward toward the one appalling moment in modern history when such reversals make sense.	3
	The Van by Roddy Doyle Publisher: Secker & Warburg ISBN: 0749399902	Shortlisted for the 1991 Booker Prize, and set in a Dublin suburb during the 1990 World Cup, this completes a trilogy which began with "The Commitments" and "The Snapper". Jimmy Rabitte Sr seeks refuge from the vicissitudes of unemployment by joining a friend in running a fish-and-chip van.	6
	Such a Long Journey by Rohinton Mistry Publisher: Faber & Faber ISBN: 0679738711	It is Bombay in 1971, the year India went to war over what was to become Bangladesh . A hard-working bank clerk, Gustad Noble is a devoted family man who gradually sees his modest life unravelling. His young daughter falls ill; his promising son defies his father's ambitions for him. He is the one reasonable voice amidst the ongoing dramas of his neighbours. One day, he receives a letter from an old friend, asking him to help in what at first seems like an heroic mission. But he soon finds himself unwittingly drawn into a dangerous network of deception. Compassionate, and rich in details of character and place, this unforgettable novel charts the journey of a moral heart in a turbulent world of change.	4
	Black Dogs by Ian McEwan Publisher: Cape ISBN: 0385494327	In 1946, a young couple set off on their honeymoon. Fired by their ideals and passion for one another, they plan an idyllic holiday, only to encounter an experience of darkness so terrifying it alters their lives forever. In this highly praised national bestseller, Ian McEwan has written his most humane and compelling novel to date.'	5
	The Redundancy of Courage by Timothy Mo Publisher: Chatto & Windus ISBN: 0952419343	Winner of the E M Forster Award and shortlisted for the Booker Prize, this brutal and beautiful narration of the guerrilla war against the Indonesians in Timor, reappears now in this handsome edition at a topical moment in history as Timor fully joins the UN.	5
	Reading Turgenev (from Two Lives) by William Trevor Publisher: Viking ISBN: 0140153721	Two novels--"Reading Turgenev" and "My house in Umbria "--explore the lives of two women whose lives are marred by the absence of love.	1
Judges	Jeremy Treglown, Penelope Fitzgerald, Jonathan Keates, Nicholas Mosley, Anne Schlee