1979 National Book Critics Circle Award – Fiction Winner
![The Year of the French](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580844278-58687-image-3.jpg)
The Year of the French
Thomas Flanagan
In 1798, Irish patriots, committed to freeing their country from England, landed with a company of French troops in County Mayo, in westernmost Ireland. They were supposed to be an advance guard, followed by other French ships with the leader of the rebell…
1979 National Book Critics Circle Award – Fiction Shortlist
![King of the Jews: A Novel of the Holocaust](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1581047541-7493-image-3.jpg)
King of the Jews: A Novel of the Holocaust
Leslie Epstein
![Sleepless Nights](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580959726-1978-image-3.jpg)
Sleepless Nights
Elizabeth Hardwick
![Sophie’s Choice](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580958502-1877-image-3.jpg)
Sophie’s Choice
William Styron
![The Executioner’s Song: A True Life Novel](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1581063277-8159-image-3.jpg)
The Executioner’s Song: A True Life Novel
Norman Mailer
![The Ghost Writer](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580858163-59834-image-3.jpg)