The- announcement of the winner of the Booker McConnell Prize' for Fiction is the highpoint of the literary year. The. winner receives a prize of £10,OOO but the subsequent prestige is worth far more.
Russell Harty introduces tonight's award ceremony live from London's historic Stationers Hall and reveals which of these books have been voted best novel of the year: John Arden Silence Among the Weapons
William Boyd An Ice Cream War
Lawrence Durrell Constance or Solitary Practices Alice Thomas Ellis The 27th Kingdom
Thomas Keneally Schindler 's Ark Timothy Mo Sour Sweet
Production team NADIA HAGCAR, JULIAN JEBD , KATE MEYNELL , CHRIS RILEY Produced by TOM GUTTERIDGE (Cookshow: tonight at 9.30) Woodis On ... page 93