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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459713903321

Autore

Rennison Nick

Titolo

100 must-read prize-winning novels : discover your next great read / / Nick Rennison

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] : , : A. & C. Black, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

1-282-96037-7

9786612960376

1-4081-3090-4

1-4081-3599-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (180 p.)

Collana

Bloomsbury Good Reading Guides

Disciplina

823.009

Soggetti

English fiction - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; About this book; Introduction; A-Z of entries; Read on a theme: Canada; Read on a theme: First Novels; Read on a theme: Pulitzer Prize-Winners; Read on a theme: Science Fiction and Fantasy Award Winners; Read on a theme: Children's/Young Adults' Fiction; Read on a theme: Crime Fiction Award Winners; Read on a theme: Novels by Nobel Prize Winners; Read on a theme: Australia; The Prizes

Sommario/riassunto

A large number of people each year make their reading decisions on the basis of prizes like the Booker and Orange Guide to Fiction. This new title in the successful Must-Read series provides an overview of prize-winning fiction over the decades. With 100 titles fully featured and over 500 read-on recommendations, this unique survey of literature incorporates some of the finest contemporary fiction ever produced including Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children (Booker), Jonathan Coe's What a Carve Up (John Llewellyn Rhys), Andrea Levy's Small Island (Orange), Louis de Bernieres's Captain Corelli'