The Elected Member is a novel by Welsh writer Bernice Rubens. It won the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1970.

The Elected Member
First edition cover
AuthorBernice Rubens
CountryWales
LanguageEnglish
PublisherEyre & Spottiswoode
Publication date
1969
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)

Plot edit

The novel's main character is Norman Zweck, who is addicted to amphetamines and is convinced that he sees silverfish wherever he goes.

Awards edit

The Elected Member won the 1970 Booker Prize. This made Rubens the first woman (and as of 2021, the only Welsh author) to win the prize.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ "A Brief History of the Man Booker Prize".

Review of The Elected Member from the Booker Blog 'The Guardian'