1981 Whitbread Awards

1981 Whitbread Awards

Children's Book

Winner:
*Jane Gardam, "The Hollow Land"

First Novel

Winner:
*William Boyd, "A Good Man in Africa"

Novel

Winner:
*Maurice Leitch, "Silver's City"

Biography

Winner:
*Nigel Hamilton, "Monty: The Making of a General"


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