The prize went to P. H. Newby
's Something to Answer For, which according to Kermode years later was a compromise decision. Dame Rebecca didn't dislike it as much as nearly all the others...
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22 April 1969: The Booker Prize for the year's best novel...
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22 April 1969
The Booker Prize for the year's best novel was awarded for the first time. The winner was P. H. Newby
with Something to Answer For; the judges were chaired by Frank Kermode
, and...
