Year: 1976

Judges

• Walter Allen (chair)
• Francis King
• Mary Wilson

Books

The Children of Dynmouth

William Trevor

Shortlisted

The Doctor's Wife

Brian Moore

Shortlisted

An Instant in the Wind

André Brink

Shortlisted

King Fisher Lives

Julian Rathbone

Shortlisted

Rising

R. C. Hutchinson

Shortlisted

Saville

David Storey

Winner