Previous Winners

2008

2008 Winner

The Road Home

Rose Tremain

Lev is on his way from Eastern Europe to Britain, seeking work. Behind him loom the figures of his dead wife, his beloved young daughter and his outrageous friend Rudi who - dreaming of the wealthy West - lives largely for his battered Chevrolet.Ahead of Lev lies the deep strangeness of the British: their hostile streets, their clannish pubs, their obsession with celebrity.

London holds out the alluring possibility of friendship, sex, money and a new career and, if Lev is lucky, a new sense of belonging...

2008 Judges

  • Kirsty Lang
  • Bel Mooney
  • Lisa Allardice
  • Philippa Gregory

The 2008 Shortlist

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