Year: 2004

Judges

• Chris Smith (chair)
• Tibor Fischer
• Robert Macfarlane
• Rowan Pelling
• Fiammetta Rocco

Books

Bitter Fruit

Achmat Dangor

Shortlisted

Cloud Atlas

David Mitchell

Shortlisted

The Electric Michelangelo

Sarah Hall

Shortlisted

I'll Go to Bed at Noon

Gerard Woodward

Shortlisted

The Line of Beauty

Alan Hollinghurst

Winner

The Master

Colm Tóibín

Shortlisted