James Tait Black Memorial Prize – Fiction

2011 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Fiction WinnerYou & IPadgett PowellWhen asked for a list of the best young American writers, I invariably put Padgett Powell at the top' Saul BellowThis book is a conversation, apparently on a porch, between two men who may be difficult to grasp. They move together in aimless convenient de...Amazon2011 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Fiction ShortlistSnowdrops: A NovelA.D. MillerAmazonSolaceBelinda McKeonAmazonThere but for theAli SmithAmazon

2012 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Fiction WinnerThe Deadman's PedalAlan WarnerWinner of the James Tait Black Fiction Prize For 16-year-old Simon Crimmons there is not a lot to do. Going nowhere, fed up with school, he leaves to work as a driver on the trains. That summer he is introduced to a world of grown-up glamour, strikes and g...Amazon2012 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Fiction ShortlistLeaving the Atocha Station: A NovelBen LernerAmazonThe Big MusicKirsty GunnAmazonThe PanopticonJenni FaganAmazon

1981 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Fiction WinnerMidnight's ChildrenSalman RushdieSaleem Sinai is born at the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, the very moment of India’s independence. Greeted by fireworks displays, cheering crowds, and Prime Minister Nehru himself, Saleem grows up to learn the ominous consequences of this coincide...Amazon

1971 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Fiction WinnerA Guest of HonourNadine GordimerBrilliant and shocking novel set in South Africa by the Nobel Prize-winner...Amazon

1972 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Fiction WinnerG: A NovelJohn BergerIn this luminous novel -- winner of Britain's prestigious Booker Prize -- John Berger relates the story of "G.," a young man forging an energetic sexual career in Europe during the early years of this century. With profound compassion, Berger explores the ...Amazon

1973 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Fiction WinnerThe Black PrinceIris MurdochBradley Pearson, an unsuccessful novelist in his late fifties, has finally left his dull office job as an Inspector of Taxes. Bradley hopes to retire to the country, but predatory friends and relations dash his hopes of a peaceful retirement. He is torment...Amazon

1974 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Fiction WinnerMonsieur: Or the Prince of DarknessLawrence DurrellFrom the olive trees of southern France to Gnostic cults in Egypt, a man and his lovers are invented and reinvented in this first volume of a great literary adventure. For British doctor Bruce Drexel, a return to Provence is bittersweet. Here, at a rustic ...Amazon

1975 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Fiction WinnerThe Great Victorian CollectionBrian MooreSet in a fantastic, surreal world, 'The Great Victorian Collection' is a fascinating exploration of the disturbing, intangible nature of reality. "Moore is a brilliant storyteller, a novelist of great subtlety and depth....Amazon

1976 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Fiction WinnerDoctor CopernicusJohn Banville...Amazon

1977 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Fiction WinnerThe Honourable SchoolboyJohn le CarréTrying to rebuild his espionage organization after a traitor is unmasked, George Smiley sends one of his most trusted agents on a mission to the Far East....Amazon