Results for: Somerset Maugham Award
Truffle Beds: Katherine Pierpoint
The wealth of sense-impressions in Katherine Pierpoint's poems, the panache with which she musters them and the music thereby generated would be noteworthy in any volume, but they are all ... More
The Birds of Innocent Wood: Deirdre Madden
When James proposes, it seems like an opportunity for Jane to leave her lonely past behind and become part of a family. But the presence of a woman in the ... More
Journey to the Interior: P. H. Newby
Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award, A Journey to the Interior was P. H. Newby’s debut novel, first published in 1945. In the desert Sultanate of Rasuka, the European supervisors ... More
Death of a Naturalist: Seamus Heaney
On its original appearance in 1966, forty years ago, Death of a Naturalist won the Cholmondeley Award, the Gregory Award, the Somerset Maugham Award and the Geoffrey Faber Prize. More
The Hawk in the Rain: Ted Hughes
Published in 1957, Hawk in the Rain was Ted Hughes's first collection of poems. It won the New York Poetry Centre First Publication Award, for which the judges were W. ... More
The Tin Men: Michael Frayn
Michael Frayn’s first, and now classic novel, was the winner of the Somerset Maugham Award.Why not programme computers to take over the really dull jobs that human beings have to ... More
The Last King of Scotland: Giles Foden
What would it be like to become Idi Amin's personal physician? Giles Foden's bestselling thriller is the story of a young Scottish doctor drawn into the heart of the Ugandan ... More
The Lantern Lecture: Adam Mars-Jones
The Sense of Movement: Thom Gunn
This Bloody Mary: Jonathan Rendall
The sport of boxing is dying in a last explosion of dollars. Its beleaguered performers are reaching up for a last payday with bravery, one-liners and self-delusion. Fittingly it is ... More