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The Prize
The Prize
Author: Irving Wallace
Novelist Andrew Craig has not been sober in a very long time. After losing his wife in an auto accident he believes to have been his own fault, he turned to the bottle, and to his sister-in-law, Leah, who acts as his caretaker and live-in nurse. Then, when he is awarded the Nobel Prize in literature for his novel, "The Perfect State," ...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780451094551
ISBN-10: 0451094557
Publication Date: 10/1/1969
Pages: 704
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Publisher: Signet
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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One of the most compelling bestselling novels of all times. Irving Wallace, who spent fifteen years and made two visits to Stockholm preparing THE PRIZE, probes the lives of six fictional men and women who confront personal crises of scandal, tragedy, fame...when the world accords them its greatest honor - THE NOBEL PRIZE.

"Lost in all the commotion around Sin with a capital S, Swedish girls and their morals, a little frigidity and alcoholism and extramarital relations, is the serious study of how the Nobel Prize winners are chosen...Irving Wallace is one of the most successful authors of our time."
Dr. Anders Osterling, Head of the Nobel Award Committee in Literature
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I liked the premise of the story, but it dragged on and on. I had to put it down after 120 pages. I couldn't see torturing myself fot the rest of the other 480 pages. Maybe if I found an abriged version I would enjoy it better.


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