Ian McEwan
Amsterdam
Cape
Douglas Hurd, the former Foreign Secretary, and chair of the judges, called Ian McEwan’s novel Amsterdam ‘a sardonic and wise examination of the morals and culture of our time.’ McEwan said he would probably spend the money on ‘something perfectly useless,’ rather than fritter it away on things like ‘bus fares and linoleum.’
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Shortlisted authors
Beryl Bainbridge
Julian Barnes
Martin Booth |
Patrick McCabe
Magnus Mills
Judges |
