Guardian first book award 2011
The winner of the 2011 Guardian First Book Award has been announced. This year's winner is The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddartha Mukherjee.
The prize is unique, as it is judged, in part, by reading groups at five Waterstone's shops in Bath, Covent Garden, Edinburgh Princes Street, Nottingham and York. Isabel MacNeill, who co-ordinated the reading group in Edinburgh, commented:
"One of the most rewarding aspects of my involvement with this prize is seeing what previous contenders do next. Ross Raisin and Sadie Jones, for example, who were shortlisted in 2008 have gone on to great success with their subsequent novels. It really is a wonderful showcase for new talent and because it is not just fiction, there really is something for everybody to enjoy."
Last year's winner was The Romantic Moderns by Alexandra Harris.
Find out more about the Guardian First Book Award...
Guardian first book award 2011 shortlist
The Collaborator
by Mirza Waheed
| Format: | Paperback 320 pages |
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| Published: | 24/02/2011 |
| Publisher: | Viking |
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It is Kashmir in the early 1990s and war has finally reached the isolated village of Nowgam close to the Pakistan border. Indian soldiers appear as... Read more
Pigeon English
| Format: | Paperback 288 pages |
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| Published: | 07/03/2011 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
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Newly arrived from Ghana with his mother and older sister, eleven-year-old Harrison Opoku lives on the ninth floor of a block of flats on an... Read more
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The Submission
by Amy Waldman
| Format: | Hardback 320 pages |
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| Published: | 18/08/2011 |
| Publisher: | William Heinemann Ltd |
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Ten years after 9/11, this dazzling, kaleidoscopic novel reimagines its aftermath. A jury gathers in Manhattan to select a memorial for the victims... Read more
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The Emperor of All Maladies
| Format: | Paperback 400 pages |
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| Published: | 29/09/2011 |
| Publisher: | Fourth Estate Ltd |
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Winner of the Guardian First Book Award 2011 Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Non-fiction 2011 Shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize 2011 ... Read more
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Down the Rabbit Hole
by Juan Pablo Villalobos, et al.
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| Published: | 01/09/2011 |
| Publisher: | And Other Stories |
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Tochtli lives in a palace. He loves hats, samurai, guillotines and dictionaries, and what he wants more than anything right now is a new pet for his... Read more
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