Publisher's Synopsis
Writers selected include: Chinua Achebe, K. Amis, George MacKay Brown, Morley Callaghan, Elspeth Davies, Susan Hill, Dan Jacobson, Benedict Kiely, B. Malamud, Olivia Manning, Gordon Meyer, V.S. Napaul, R.K. Narayan, Jean Rhys, Frank Sargeson, Elizabeth Taylor and William Trevor