1979 National Book Critics Circle Award – Fiction Winner

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
Leslie Epstein

Sleepless Nights
Elizabeth Hardwick

Sophie’s Choice
William Styron

The Executioner’s Song: A True Life Novel
Norman Mailer
