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Roddy Doyle wins Booker Prize

Title
Roddy Doyle wins Booker Prize
Genre
News report; Interview
TX Date
27 Oct 1993
Year of production
1993
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Duration
00:03:33
Description
Report on the 25th Booker Prize Awards at London’s Guildhall at which author Roddy Doyle won the grand prize for his novel, Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha. Speakers are writers Salman Rushdie and Malcolm Bradbury; Heritage Secretary, Peter Brooke; William Hill bookmakers spokesman Graham Sharpe; Chairman of the judging panel, Lord Gowrie (Alexander Ruthven, or Grey Gowrie); and Roddy Doyle. Tanya Hines reports.
Contributors
Peter Brooke; Salman Rushdie; Graham Sharpe; Tanya Hines; Malcolm Bradbury; Roddy Doyle; Grey Gowrie
Keywords
Awards; London; Literature; Literary prizes; Booker prize; Roddy Doyle; Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha

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