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The Modern Library

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by Colm Toibin


  1964 Jean-Paul Sartre (declined award)

  1965 Michail Sholokhov

  1966 Shmuel Yosef Agnon; Nelly Sachs

  1967 Miguel Angel Asturias

  1968 Kawabata Yasunari

  1969 Samuel Beckett

  1970 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

  1971 Pablo Neruda

  1972 Heinrich Boll

  1973 Patrick White

  1974 Eyvind Johnson; Harry Martinson

  1975 Eugenio Montale

  1976 Saul Bellow

  1977 Vicente Aleixandre

  1978 Isaac Bashevis Singer

  1979 Odysseus Elytis (pseudonym of Odysseus Alepoudhelis)

  1980 Czeslaw Milosz

  1981 Elias Canetti

  1982 Gabriel García Márquez

  1983 Sir William Golding

  1984 Jaroslav Siefert

  1985 Claude Simon

  1986 Wole Soyinka

  1987 Joseph Brodsky

  1988 Naguib Mahfouz

  1989 Camilo José Cela

  1990 Octavio Paz

  1991 Nadine Gordimer

  1992 Derek Walcott

  1993 Toni Morrison

  1994 Kenzaburo Oë

  1995 Seamus Heaney

  1996 Wislawa Szymborska

  1997 Dario Fo

  1998 José Saramago

  1999 Günter Grass

  2000 Gao Xingjian

  2001 V. S. Naipaul

  2002 Imre Ketersz

  2003 J. M. Coetzee

  2004 Elfriede Jelinek

  2005 Harold Pinter

  2006 Orhan Pamuk

  2007 Doris Lessing

  2008 Jean-Marie Gustavo Le Clezio

  2009 Herta Muller

  2010 Mario Vargas Llosa

  PRIX FEMINA ÉTRANGER

  French literary prize awarded by an all-women jury of twelve, to novels written in a .foreign language. No restrictions on nationality. Books can be translations from any language.

  1985 Life and Times of Michael K J. M. Coetzee

  1986 Bathsheba Torgny Lindgren

  1987 Monkeys Susan Minot

  1988 The Black Box Amos Oz

  1989 The Truth about Lorin Jones Alison Lurie

  1990 The Lost Morning Vergilio Ferreira

  1991 The Great World David Malouf

  1992 Talking it Over Julian Barnes

  1993 A Child in Time Ian McEwan

  1994 Restoration Rose Tremain

  1995 Decanted Red Jeroen Brouwers

  1996 Tomorrow in the Battle, Think on Me Javier Marias

  1997 The Fallen City Jia Pingwa

  1998 Full Moon Antonio Munoz Molina

  1999 The White Buddha Hitonari Tsuji

  2000 My Brother Jamaica Kincaid

  2001 The Long Falling Keith Ridgway

  2002 God’s Mountain Erri De Luca

  2003 The Door Magda Szabo

  2004 The Speckled People Hugo Hamilton

  2005 The Falls Joyce Carol Oates

  2006 The Story of Chicago May Nuala O’Faolain

  2007 Mother’s Milk Edward St. Aubyn

  2008 Calm Chaos Sandro Veronesi

  2009 Maurice mit Huhn Matthias Zschokke

  2010 Puhdistus Sofi Oksanen

  PRIX MÉDICIS ÉTRANGER

  French literary prize awarded by a jury of twelve to novels written in a foreign language. No restrictions on nationality. Books can be translations from any language.

  1970 Jump of Death Luigi Malherba

  1971 Deliverance James Dickey

  1972 Cobra Severo Sarduy

  1973 Life is Elsewhere Milan Kundera

  1974 Manuel’s Book Julio Cortazar

  1975 The Too Brief Life of Edwin Mulhouse Steven Millhauser

  1976 No award

  1977 The Treatise of Seasons Hector Biancotti

  1978 Radiant Future Aleksandr Zinoviev

  1979 The Harp and the Shadow Alejo Carpentier

  1980 A Dry White Season André Brink

  1981 The Day of the Countess David Shahar

  1982 The Name of the Rose Umberto Eco

  1983 The Blue Road Kenneth White

  1984 Aracoeli Elsa Morante

  1985 God Knows Joseph Heller

  1986 Adventures of the Fur Trade in Alaska John Hawkes

  1987 Indian Nocturne Antonio Tabucchi

  1988 Ancient Masters Thomas Bernhard

  1989 The Admiral’s Snow Alvaro Mutis

  1990 The Shadow Lines Amitav Ghosh

  1991 The Story that was Happy then Painful then Funereal Pietro Citati

  1992 Wartime Lies Louis Begley

  1993 Leviathan Paul Auster

  1994 Brother Sleep Robert Schneider

  1995 The Castles of Anger Alessandro Baricco

  1996 Himmelfarb Michael Kruger

  Sonietchka Ludmila Oulitskaia

  1997 The Tortilla Curtain T. C. Boyle

  1998 The House of Sleep Jonathan Coe

  1999 The Captain of his Dreams Bjorn Larsson

  2000 Anil’s Ghost Michael Ondaatje

  2001 La Noce Du Poète Antonio Skarmeta

  2002 The Human Stain Philip Roth

  2003 Le Mal De Montano Enrique Vila-Matas

  2004 Story of a Life Aharon Appelfeld

  2005 Snow Orhan Pamuk

  2006 Return of the Hooligan Norman Manea

  2007 The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million Daniel Mendelsohn

  2008 A Perfect Boy Alain Claude Sulzer

  2009 What is the What Dave Eggers

  2010 Sukkwan Island David Vann

  PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION

  Author must be an American citizen. Books cannot be submitted for this, but are selected by a panel.

  1950 The Way West A. B. Guthrie Jr.

  1951 The Town Conrad Richter

  1952 The Caine Mutiny Herman Wouk

  1953 The Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemingway

  1954 No award

  1955 A Fable William Faulkner

  1956 Andersonville Mackinlay Kantor

  1957 No award

  1958 A Death in the Family James Agee (posthumous publication/award)

  1959 The Travels of Jamie McPheeters Robert Lewis Taylor

  1960 Advise and Consent Allen Drury

  1961 To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee

  1962 The Edge of Sadness Edwin O’Connor

  1963 The Reivers William Faulkner

  1964 No award

  1965 The Keepers of the House Shirley Ann Grau

  1966 Collected Stories Katherine Anne Porter

  1967 The Fixer Bernard Malamud

  1968 The Confessions of Nat Turner William Styron

  1969 House Made of Dawn N. Scott Momaday

  1970 Collected Stories Jean Stafford

  1971 No award

  1972 Angle of Repose Wallace Stegner

  1973 The Optimist’s Daughter Eudora Welty

  1974 No award

  1975 The Killer Angels Michael Shaara

  1976 Humboldt’s Gift Saul Bellow

  1977 No award

  1978 Elbow Room James Alan McPherson

  1979 The Stories of John Cheever John Cheever

  1980 The Executioner’s Song Norman Mailer

  1981 A Confederacy of Dunces John Kennedy Toole

  1982 Rabbit is Rich John Updike

  1983 The Color Purple Alice Walker

  1984 Ironweed William Kennedy

  1985 Foreign Affairs Alison Lurie

  1986 Lonesome Dove Larry McMurtry

  1987 A Summons to Memphis Peter Taylor

  1988 Beloved Toni Morrison

  1989 Breathing Lessons Anne Tyler

  1990 The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love Oscar Hijuelos

  1991 Rabbit at Rest John Updike

  1992 A Thousand Acres Jane Smiley

  1993 A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain Robert Olen Butler

  1994 The Shipping News E. Annie Proulx

  1995 The Stone Diaries Carol Shields

  1996 Independence Day
Richard Ford

  1997 Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer Steven Millhauser

  1998 American Pastoral Philip Roth

  1999 The Hours Michael Cunningham

  2000 Interpreter of Maladies Jhumpa Lahiri

  2001 The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay Michael Chabon

  2002 Empire Falls Rick Russo

  2003 Middlesex Jeffrey Eugenides

  2004 The Known World Edward P. Jones

  2005 Gilead Marilynne Robinson

  2006 March Geraldine Brooks

  2007 The Road Cormac McCarthy

  2008 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Junot Diaz

  2009 Olive Kitteridge Elizabeth Strout

  2010 Tinkers Paul Harding

  STAKIS PRIZE FOR SCOTTISH WRITER OF THE YEAR

  Author must have been born in Scotland, have Scottish parents or have been resident in Scotland for a considerable period, or have taken Scotland as his or her inspiration. Entries in Scots, English and Gaelic are all eligible. Until 1997, named the McVities Prize for Scottish Writer of the Year.

  1987 Nairn in Darkness and Light David Thomas

  1988 The Great Profundo and Other Stories Bernard MacLaverty

  Antarctica: Beyond the Frozen Sea Edwin Mickleburgh

  1989 MacDiarmid Alan Bold

  1990 From Wood to Ridge Sorley Maclean

  1991 Brazzaville Beach William Boyd

  1992 Scotland’s Music John Purser

  1993 Landscapes and Memories John Prebble

  1994 Foreign Parts Janice Galloway

  1995 Something Very Like Murder Frank Kuppner

  1996 Stone Garden and Other Stories Alan Spence

  1997 Oideachadh Ceart agus dáin ede/A Proper Schooling Aonghas MacNeacail

  1998 The Good Times James Kelman

  Virtual and Other Realities Edwin Morgan

  SALTIRE SOCIETY SCOTTISH BOOK OF THE YEAR

  1996 The Kiln William McIlvanney

  1997 Grace Notes Bernard MacLaverty

  1998 The Sopranos Alan Warner

  1999 Pursuits George Bruce

  2000 The Lantern Bearers: A Novel Ronald Frame

  2001 Medea Liz Lochhead

  2002 Clara: A Novel Janice Galloway

  2003 Joseph Knight James Robertson

  2004 In Another Light Andrew Greig

  2005 Case Histories Kate Atkinson

  2006 A Lie About my Father John Burnside

  2007 Day A. L. Kennedy

  2008 Kieron Smith, boy James Kelman

  2009 The Bard: Robert Burns, A Biography Robert Crawford

  2010 And the Land Lay Still James Robertson

  WHITBREAD NOVEL AWARD

  The Whitbread Book Awards are made up of six awards: first novel, novel, biography, poetry and children’s. The winners of each adult category then go forward to the Whitbread Book of the Year Award. Author must have been resident in the UK or the Republic of Ireland for three years. Since 2006 this award has been called the Costa Novel Award

  1971 The Destiny Waltz Gerda Charles

  1972 The Bird of the Night Susan Hill

  1973 The Chip Chip Gatherers Shiva Naipaul

  1974 The Sacred and Profane Love Machine Iris Murdoch

  1975 Docherty William McIlvanney

  1976 The Children of Dynmouth William Trevor

  1977 Injury Time Beryl Bainbridge

  1978 Picture Palace Paul Theroux

  1979 The Old Jest Jennifer Johnston

  1980 How Far Can You Go? David Lodge (and Book of the Year)

  1981 Silver’s City Maurice Leitch

  1982 Young Shoulders John Wain

  1983 Fools of Fortune William Trevor

  1984 Kruger’s Alp Christopher Hope

  1985 Hawksmoor Peter Ackroyd

  1986 An Artist of the Floating World Kazuo Ishiguro (and Book of the Year)

  1987 The Child in Time Ian McEwan

  1988 The Satanic Verses Salman Rushdie

  1989 The Chymical Wedding Lindsay Clarke

  1990 Hopeful Monsters Nicholas Mosley (and Book of the Year)

  1991 The Queen of the Tambourine Jane Gardam

  1992 Poor Things Alasdair Gray

  1993 Theory of War Joan Brady (and Book of the Year)

  1994 Felicia’s Journey

  William Trevor (and Book of the Year)

  1995 The Moor’s Last Sigh Salman Rushdie

  1996 Every Man for Himself Beryl Bainbridge

  1997 Quarantine Jim Crace

  1998 Leading the Cheers Justin Cartwright

  1999 Music and Silence Rose Tremain

  2000 English Passengers Matthew Kneale

  2001 Twelve-Bar Blues Patrick Neate

  2002 Spies Michael Frayn

  2003 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Mark Haddon

  2004 Small Island Andea Levy

  2005 The Accidental Ali Smith

  (Here renamed the Costa Novel Award)

  2006 Restless William Boyd

  2007 Day A. L. Kennedy

  2008 The Secret Scripture Sebastian Barry

  2009 Brooklyn Colm Tóibín

  2010 The Hand That First Held Mine Maggie O’Farrell

  WHITBREAD FIRST NOVEL AWARD

  Author must have been resident in the UK or the Republic of Ireland for three years. Renamed the Costa First Novel Award in 2006.

  1981 A Good Man in Africa William Boyd

  1982 On the Black Hill Bruce Chatwin

  1983 Flying to Nowhere John Fuller

  1984 A Parish of Rich Women James Buchan

  1985 Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit Jeanette Winterson

  1986 Continent Jim Crace

  1987 The Other Garden Francis Wyndham

  1988 The Comfort of Madness

  Paul Sayer (and Book of the Year)

  1989 Gerontius James Hamilton-Paterson

  1990 The Buddha of Suburbia Hanif Kureishi

  1991 Alma Cogan (US: Alma: A Novel) Gordon Burn

  1992 Swing Hammer Swing! Jeff Torrington (and Book of the Year)

  1993 Saving Agnes Rachel Cusk

  1994 The Longest Memory: A Novel Fred D’Aguiar

  1995 Behind the Scenes at the Museum Kate Atkinson (and Book of the Year)

  1996 The Debt to Pleasure John Lanchester

  1997 The Ventriloquist’s Tale Pauline Melville

  1998 The Last King of Scotland Giles Foden

  1999 White City Blues Tim Lott

  2000 White Teeth Zadie Smith

  2001 Something Like a House Sid Smith

  2002 The Song of Names Norman Lebrecht

  2003 Vernon God Little D. B. C. Pierre

  2004 Eve Green Susan Fletcher

  2005 The Harmony Silk Factory Tash Aw

  2006 The Tenderness of Wolves Stef Penney

  2007 What Was Lost Catherine O’Flynn

  2008 The Outcast Sadie Jones

  2009 Beauty Raphael Selbourne

  2010 Witness the Night Kishwar Desai

  Acknowledgements

  COLM TÓIBÍN

  Aidan Dunne; Anne Enright; Mary Mount; Andrew O’Hagan; Jon Riley; The London Library; The Library of Trinity College, Dublin.

  CARMEN CALLIL

  All my friends helped me with this book, and I am grateful to them for their suggestions, advice, conversations and for listening to me. Special thanks to:

  Tariq Ali; Hanan Al Shaykh; Christine Bell; Liz Calder; Lorraine Callil; Susannah Clapp; Frances Coady; John Cox; David Davidar, Penguin Books, India; Polly Devlin; Peter Eyre; Bob Gottlieb; Sandy Grant; Kate Griffin; Clare Harman; Philippa Harrison; John Hayes; Michael Healy, The Cornstalk Bookshop, Sydney, Australia; Michael Herr; Michael Holroyd; Helena Ivins; Pat Kavanagh; Helena Kennedy; Hermione Lee; Suzanne Lowry; Roger Mackell, Gleebooks, Sydney, Australia; Mary Mackintosh and all at the Elgin Bookshop, London W11; Anthony McConnell; Hilary McPhee; David Matthews; Sonny Mehta; Di Melly; Tom Melly; Caroline Michel; Ivan Nabokov; The North Kensington Library, London W11; Craig Raine; Ga
il Rebuck; Jon Riley; Ann Victoria Roberts; Deborah Rogers; John Ryle; Alison Samuel; Harriet Spicer; Jenny Uglow; Caroline Upcher; Marina Warner; Joshua White; Kitty Wishart, University Bookshop, Auckland, New Zealand; to my agent Gill Coleridge and Ursula Doyle of Picador; and in particular to Max Lowry, aged eighteen when I started this book, whose relish for rock music and bad videos prompted me to provide him and his generation with this pointer, to one of the oldest and best entertainments of all.

  Index of Titles

  The Adventures of Augie March 1

  Age of Iron 1

  Alias Grace 1

  American Pastoral 1

  American Psycho 1

  Amongst Women 1

  An Artist of the Floating World 1

  Anecdotes of Destiny 1

  Angel 1

  Asylum 1

  The Balkan Trilogy 1

  The Ballad of the Sad Café 1

  The Bell Jar 1

  Beloved 1

  A Bend in the River 1

  Birdsong 1

  Black List, Section H 1

  Black Robe 1

  Blood Meridian 1

  The Blue Flower 1

  The Bonfire of the Vanities 1

  A Book of Common Prayer 1

  The Book of Evidence 1

  A Boy’s Own Story 1

  Breathing Lessons 1

  Burger’s Daughter 1

  The Butcher Boy 1

  Captain Corelli’s Mandolin 1

  The Catcher in the Rye 1

  Catch-22 1

  The Cement Garden 1

  Changing Places 1

  The Children’s Bach 1

  Cloudstreet 1

  Cold Mountain 1

  The Color Purple 1

  A Confederacy of Dunces 1

  The Confessions of Nat Turner 1

  Cotter’s England 1

 

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