Thomas Keneally - Schindler's Ark (Man Booker Prize Winner, 1982)

Man Booker Prize (1982), Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction (1983)



In the shadow of Auschwitz, a flamboyant German industrialist grew into a living legend to the Jews of Cracow. He was a womaniser, a heavy drinker, and a bon viveur, but to them he became a saviour. This is the extraordinary story of Oskar Schindler, who risked his life to protect Jews in Nazi-occupied Poland and who was transformed by the war into a man with a mission, a compassionate angel of mercy.