But none of his plans work out, and working on his memoir causes disruption to his world.
The Sea, The Sea is about Charles Arrowby, who retires from London’s theatre world to an isolated home by the sea where he plans to write a memoir about his great love affair with Clement Makin, and to amuse himself with actress Lizzie. Iris Murdoch's now classic novel The Sea, The Sea took the award in 1978. Exploring class tensions and loneliness, this book is about both the marriage of its two main characters, and the "divorce" of Britain and India. Staying On is the sequel to The Raj Quartet books (of which The Jewel in the Crown is arguably the best known), it introduces Colonel Tusker and Lucy Smalley, who decide to stay on in the hills of Pankot after Indian independence deprives them of their colonial status. Paul Scott's Indian-set Staying On won the Booker in 1977. It is the story of Colin Saville's struggle to come to terms with his family and to escape the stifling heritage of the raw mining community into which he was born. Saville by David Storey, which won the prize in 1976, was Penguin Random House's first win. Start at the beginning, or skip to the decade of your choice here: Here, we look at all the books published by Penguin Random House that have won. One thing that has remained consistent through the years has been the awarding of the prize to excellent literature. But in 2014 it changed the rules to allow writers of any nationality to enter, leading to worries it would become dominated by Americans. The prize, known until recently as the Man Booker thanks to its sponsorship by The Man Group, was for many years only open to writers from Commonwealth countries and the Republic of Ireland. The Booker Prize, first awarded in 1969, is among the most prestigious prizes in the book world and is awarded annually to the best novel of the year published in English in the United Kingdom.
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