1992 Whitbread Awards

1992 Whitbread Awards

Book of the Year

:Jeff Torrington, "Swing Hammer Swing!"

Children's Book

Winner:
*Gillian Cross, "The Great Elephant Chase"

First Novel

Winner:
*Jeff Torrington, "Swing Hammer Swing!"

Novel

Winner:
*Alasdair Gray, "Poor Things"

Biography

Winners:
*Victoria Glendinning, "Trollope"

Poetry

Winners:
*Tony Harrison, "The Gaze of the Gorgon"


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