Prime Minister's Literary Award Winner for Fiction is...Foals Bread.

What the judges said: 'In this strong field, it was the unanimous decision of the judges that the winner of the 2012 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Fiction we recommend is Gillian Mears for Foal’s Bread. Written in transfixing prose and with an–at times–aching affinity for the harsh landscape the book describes, Foal’s Bread is an extraordinary work of remarkable strength and originality.'

So there it is, whether you liked or it or not, it is a unique book worthy of acknowledgement.