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Saville (novel)

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Saville
First edition
AuthorDavid Storey
LanguageEnglish
PublisherJonathan Cape
Publication date
1976
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages506
ISBN0-224-01273-8

Saville is a Booker Prize-winning novel by English writer David Storey.

Plot

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The novel centres on Colin, a young boy growing up in the Yorkshire mining village of Saxton during the Second World War and the postwar years.[1]

Awards

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Saville won the 1976 Booker Prize for fiction.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Sutherland, John (2014). How to be Well Read: A Guide to 500 Great Novels and a Handful of Literary Curiosities. London: Random House. ISBN 978-1847946409.
  2. ^ Jordison, Sam (18 November 2008). "Booker club: Saville". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 March 2017.