Penelope Lively
Moon Tiger
Deutsch
Penelope Lively won this year with her novel Moon Tiger, the story of a woman journalist's reflections on a troubled life as she lies dying in a hospital bed, overshadowed by the memories of a love affair with a young soldier during the Second World War. Penelope Lively was also shortlisted for the prize in 1977 and 1984.
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Shortlisted authors
Chinua Achebe
Peter Ackroyd
Nina Bawden |
Brian Moore
Iris Murdoch
Judges |
