Year: 2008

Judges

• Michael Portillo (chair)
• Alex Clark
• Louise Doughty
• James Heneage
• Hardeep Singh Kohli

Books

The Clothes on Their Backs

Linda Grant

Shortlisted

A Fraction of the Whole

Steve Toltz

Shortlisted

The Northern Clemency

Philip Hensher

Shortlisted

Sea of Poppies

Amitav Ghosh

Shortlisted

The Secret Scripture

Sebastian Barry

Shortlisted

The White Tiger

Aravind Adiga

Winner