Finalist: Continental Drift , by Russell Banks (Harper & Row )
The Jury
The Jury
N. Scott Momaday(Chair)*
Writer
Michiko Kakutani*
Book Critic, The New York Times
Philip F. O'Connor
Professor of English, Bowling Green State University
Winners in Fiction
1986 Prize Winners
Jimmy Breslin
For columns which consistently champion ordinary citizens.
Donal Henahan
For his music criticism.