Multiple choice

Who among the following was the first to win the Booker Prize?

  1. William Golding

  2. P. H. Newby

  3. J. M. Coetzee

  4. Peter Carey
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Explanation

P. H. Newby won the first Booker Prize in 1969 for his novel 'Something to Answer For'. The Booker Prize, now known as the Booker Prize, was established in 1968 and first awarded in 1969. William Golding won later (1980), as did J. M. Coetzee (1983, 1999) and Peter Carey (1988, 2001).

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