Anita Brookner
Hotel du Lac
Cape
No one was more astonished than Anita Brookner herself when Hotel du Lac won – she had backed J. G. Ballard to win. The novel was adapted for television by Christopher Hampton and went on to be nominated for nine BAFTA awards.
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Shortlisted authors
J.G. Ballard Julian Barnes Anita Desai |
Penelope Lively
David Lodge Judges
Professor Richard Cobb (Chair) |
