P. H. Newby (1918-1997) was an English novelist and broadcasting administrator. His first novel,
A Journey into the Interior, was published in l946. He was awarded the Somerset Maugham Prize in 1948, and he was the first winner of the Booker (now Man Booker) Prize - his novel
Something to Answer For received the inaugural award in 1969.
Winner of the inaugural Booker Prize in 1969.
It is 1956 and Townrow is in Port Said - of these two facts he's reasonably certain. He has been summoned by the widow of his deceased friend, Elie Khoury. She is convinced that Elie was murdered, but nobody seems to agree with her....
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