Annal:1975 Whitbread Book Award for Novel
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Results of the Whitbread Book Award in the year 1975. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
- 1975 Whitbread-Novel winner
- Score: 10.25
Docherty is a survivor of an impoverished life of hardship in the Scottish town of Graithnock. Conn is the son in whom he invests all hope for a far different future. Docherty may dream of escape, but he emerges as an unelected leader.
