British Book Award

Famous quotes containing the words british, book and/or award:

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    “How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it?”
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    “The award of a pure gold medal for poetry would flatter the recipient unduly: no poem ever attains such carat purity.”
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