Claim: The Solid Mandala, about the relationship between brothers, was published in 1966 and was favored to win the Miles Franklin award of 1967 before the author withdrew it from consideration because he wanted to give other a chance to win the award.
Evidence: It details the story of two brothers, Waldo and Arthur Brown, with a focus on the facets of their symbiotic relationship. The Solid Mandala, the seventh published novel by Australian author Patrick White, Nobel Prize winner of 1973, first published in 1966. It is notable for being heavily tipped to win the 1967 Miles Franklin Award, the third of White's novels to be nominated for the prize, until White personally intervened and withdrew it from consideration so that other writers might stand a chance of winning.