A Place Called Winter
British novelist, born 1962.
A Place Called Winter is a 2015 novel by Patrick Gale. It was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award in 2015.
On 2 of the 16 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Patrick Gale
- First published
- 2015
- Length
- 384 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Costa Novel Award shortlist, 2015
- Walter Scott Prize shortlist, 2016
- Genre
- Historical fiction, LGBTQ+, Migration and identity, Love story
Is A Place Called Winter worth reading?
2 of the 16 best-of lists it could have made include it: the Costa Novel Award and the Walter Scott Prize.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Costa (Whitbread) Novel Award (winners and shortlists) (Costa, 2015) | Shortlist | See the list |
| Walter Scott Prize (winners and shortlists) (Abbotsford Trust, 2016) | Shortlist | See the list |
Best edition of A Place Called Winter
The edition we link to is the Tinder Press paperback (2015), 384 pages.
- Publisher
- Tinder Press (paperback, 2015)
- Pages
- 384
- ISBN
- 9781472205315
How critics, prizes and readers rate A Place Called Winter
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 33% of the points available on prize lists, against 0% on critics' lists and 0% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work