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1999 Guardian First Book Award Winners

Browse the 1999 Guardian First Book Award winners and nominees by category. Each category starts with the winner, followed by nominees and other recognized titles.

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First Book

Winner and nominees for the 1999 Guardian First Book Award First Book category.

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Winner

We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families

Gourevitch, Philip

Standalone · Literary

Sep-1999 1999 Guardian First Book Award winner

Nominee

The Blue Bedspread

Jha, Raj Kamal

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-1999 1999 Guardian First Book Award nominee

Nominee

Ghostwritten

Mitchell, David

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2000 1999 Guardian First Book Award nominee

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