Prize writing : an original collection of writings by past winners to celebrate 21 years of the Booker Prize
1989, 1st edition. London : Hodder & Stoughton. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #416082
ISBN: 0340510773
Physical description: 267 pages ; 21 cm. Contents: No horses / P.H. Newby -- The Collector who collected himself / Bernice Rubens -- Extract from The Siege of Krishnapur / J.G. Farrell -- Benoni, son of sorrow / Nadine Gordimer -- Lady of the Lake / Stanley Middleton -- Extract from In search of love and beauty / Ruth Prawer Jhabvala -- Extract from Saville / David Storey -- Extract from After the Funeral / Paul Scott -- Four poems / Iris Murdoch -- The Likeness / Penelope Fitzgerald -- Caveat emptor / William Golding -- Errata, or unreliable narration in Midnight's children and extract from Midnight's children / Salman Rushdie -- The man who knew Walesa / Thomas Keneally -- Extract from Life & times of Michael K. / J.M. Coetzee -- Extract from Family and friends / Anita Brookner -- Floating words / Keri Hulme -- The Lobster's claw and extract from Girl, 20 / Kingsley Amis -- The Children of Grupp / Penelope Lively -- Extract from Oscar and Lucinda / Peter Carey -- Booker shortlists and judges 1969-1988. Subjects: 1900-1999; English fiction 20th century; Booker Prize; Short stories, English.
Price: €14.95