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Matthew Kneale


UK flag (b.1960)

Matthew Kneale lives in Oxford, England. English Passengers won the Whitbread Book of the Year 2000 award and was nominated for the 2000 Booker Prize. Kneale currently resides in London, Ontario.

Awards: Whitbread (2000), SoA (1988)  see all

Genres: Historical
 
Novels
   Whore Banquets (1987)
   Inside Roses Kingdom (1989)
   Sweet Thames (1992)
   English Passengers (2000)
   Mr. Foreigner (2002)
   When We Were Romans (2007)
   Pilgrims (2020)
   The Cameraman (2023)
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Collections
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Powder (2006)
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Awards
2000 Whitbread Prize for Best Novel : English Passengers
1988 Somerset Maugham Award : Whore Banquets

Award nominations
2000 Booker Prize (shortlist) : English Passengers
1986 Betty Trask Prize (nominee) : Whore Banquets


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