Annal:1973 Whitbread Book Award for Novel
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Results of the Whitbread Book Award in the year 1973. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
- 1973 Whitbread-Novel winner
- Score: 10.23
The author brings to life an unforgettable cast of characters set in a tightly knit Hindu community in Trinidad, against a backdrop of the idiosyncrasies of a particular culture and the sometimes hilarious, sometimes poignant truths about human society.
“A compelling, tragic, painfully comic masterpiece.” —The Times Literary Supplement
