Final Payments Mary Gordon Final Payments by Mary Gordon NBCC Fiction 1978 (awarded 1979) · Finalist Sign in to put this book on your shelf. Prize history National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction 1978 · awarded 1979 Finalist National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction 1978 finalists The Stories of John Cheever John Cheever The Stories of John Cheever John Cheever Winner The Coup John Updike The Coup John Updike The World According to Garp John Irving The World According to Garp John Irving Wrinkles Charles Simmons Wrinkles Charles Simmons