An Officer and a Spy
British novelist, born 1957. Won the Walter Scott Prize in 2014.
An Officer and a Spy is a 2013 novel by Robert Harris. It won the Walter Scott Prize in 2014.
On 2 of the 17 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Robert Harris
- First published
- 2013
- Length
- 640 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Walter Scott Prize winner, 2014
- Genre
- Thrillers and spy fiction, Political, Historical setting, War and conflict
Is An Officer and a Spy worth reading?
2 of the 17 best-of lists it could have made include it: the Walter Scott Prize and Richard & Judy Book Club picks.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Richard & Judy Book Club picks (Richard & Judy / WHSmith, 2004-) | Listed | See the list |
| Walter Scott Prize (winners and shortlists) (Abbotsford Trust, 2014) | Winner | See the list |
Best edition of An Officer and a Spy
The edition we link to is the Arrow paperback (2014), 640 pages.
- Publisher
- Arrow (paperback, 2014)
- Pages
- 640
- ISBN
- 9780099580881
How critics, prizes and readers rate An Officer and a Spy
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 25% of the points available on prize lists, against 6% on readers' and booksellers' lists and 0% on critics' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like An Officer and a Spy
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