| Notes | The award ceremony was held on 26 Oct 1989.
The shortlisted authors were:
Kazuo Ishiguro with the winning novel 'The Remains of the Day', published by Faber & Faber,
Margaret Atwood with 'Cat's Eye', published by Bloomsbury,
John Banville with 'The Book of Evidence', published by Secker & Warburg,
Sybille Bedford with 'Jigsaw', published by Hamish Hamilton,
James Kelman with 'A Disaffection', published by Secker & Warburg, and
Rose Tremain with 'Restoration', published by Hamish Hamilton.
The Judges were David Lodge (Chair), Maggie Gee, Helen McNeil, David Profumo, and Edmund White. |