Ben Okri
The Famished Road
Cape
Ben Okri became the youngest-ever winner of the Booker in 1991 at the age of 32 with The Famished Road. One of the judges, Nicholas Mosley, resigned when he failed to persuade his fellow judges to include Allan Massie’s novel The Sins of the Father on the shortlist.
Shortlisted authors Martin Amis Roddy Doyle Rohinton Mistry
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Timothy Mo William Trevor Judges |