Year: 1979

Judges

• Lord Briggs (chair)
• Benny Green
• Michael Ratcliffe
• Hilary Spurling
• Paul Theroux

Books

A Bend in the River

V. S. Naipaul

Shortlisted

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Confederates

Thomas Keneally

Shortlisted

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Joseph

Julian Rathbone

Shortlisted

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Offshore

Penelope Fitzgerald

Winner

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Praxis

Fay Weldon

Shortlisted

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