1980 National Book Critics Circle Award – Fiction Winner and Nominees

The Transit of Venus

Shirley Hazzard

Adventurous Caro is one of two Australian sisters who have come to post-war England to seek their fortunes. Courted long and hopelessly by young scientist Ted, she is to find that love brings sorrow as well as passion whilst her sister, the milder Grace, s…

Loon Lake

E.L. Doctorow

Morgan’s Passing

Anne Tyler

So Long, See You Tomorrow

William Maxwell

The Second Coming

Walker Percy