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BOOKER MAN
THE RIVETING MEMOIRS OF THE MAN WHO RULED BRITISH FICTION'S BIGGEST PRIZE |
| By: |
Martyn Goff |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0743285867 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780743285865 |
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| Publisher: |
SIMON & SCHUSTER LTD |
| Pub. date: |
4 August, 2008 |
| Pages: |
256 |
| Description: |
Former Booker Prize administrator Martyn Goff finally reveals all about his tenure at the helm of Britain's most prestigious literary award. |
| Synopsis: |
Martyn Goff has been one of the most powerful forces and flamboyant characters in British literary life for nearly forty years. From humble beginnings behind the counter of a bookshop in St Leonards-on-Sea to masterminding what would become the mighty engine of the Booker Prize, his is a career that has placed him at the epicentre of the literary world. Now in his mid-eighties, Goff has finally handed over the administration of the Booker and here lays bare the rich seam of stories that have punctuated his career, including the ego clashes, feuding and farce that have taken place behind closed doors; and the contretemps and tantrums that Martyn has either discreetly brushed under the carpet or, more likely, leaked to the press. With a cast of characters that reads like a Who's Who of British literature, BOOKER MAN is a treasure-trove of anecdote and incident from someone who has known them all. Waspish, highly revealing and very funny, Martyn Goff's memoir should be compulsory reading for anyone interested in contemporary British fiction and its hottest prize. |
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UK |
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Simon & Schuster Ltd |
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