Year: 1999

Judges

• Gerald Kaufman (chair)
• Shena Mackay
• John Sutherland
• Boyd Tonkin
• Natasha Walter

Books

The Blackwater Lightship

Colm Tóibín

Shortlisted

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Disgrace

J. M. Coetzee

Winner

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Fasting, Feasting

Anita Desai

Shortlisted

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Headlong

Michael Frayn

Shortlisted

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The Map of Love

Ahdaf Soueif

Shortlisted

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Our Fathers

Andrew O'Hagan

Shortlisted

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