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The Best of the Booker

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since its inception in 1968. The six shortlisted titles were announced on 12 May 2008 and were chosen by novelist
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The Booker prize was shared between two authors in 1974 and 1992, thus generating 41 winners in 39 years.
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prize, which commemorated the award's 25th anniversary.
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not only won the 1981 Booker, but also the special 1993
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Index

Booker Prize
Booker Prize
Victoria Glendinning
Mariella Frostrup
University College London
John Mullan
Peter Carey
J. M. Coetzee
Oscar & Lucinda
Disgrace
Salman Rushdie
Midnight's Children
Booker of Bookers
J. G. Farrell
The Siege of Krishnapur
Nadine Gordimer
The Conservationist
Salman Rushdie
Midnight's Children
Peter Carey
Oscar & Lucinda
Pat Barker
The Ghost Road
J. M. Coetzee
Disgrace



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