Year: 1983

Judges

• Fay Weldon (chair)
• Angela Carter
• Terence Kilmartin
• Peter Porter
• Libby Purves

Books

Flying to Nowhere

John Fuller

Shortlisted

The Illusionist

Anita Mason

Shortlisted

Life & Times of Michael K

J. M. Coetzee

Winner

Rates of Exchange

Malcolm Bradbury

Shortlisted

Shame

Salman Rushdie

Shortlisted

Waterland

Graham Swift

Shortlisted