G. (novel)

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G. is a 1972 novel by John Berger. The novel's setting is pre-First World War Europe, and its protagonist, named "G.", is a Don Juan or Casanova-like lover of women who gradually comes to political consciousness after misadventures across the continent. The novel, Berger's most formally experimental, won the Booker Prize.

Preceded by:
In a Free State
Man Booker Prize recipient
1972
Succeeded by:
The Siege of Krishnapur