C
British novelist, born 1969.
C is a 2010 novel by Tom McCarthy. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2010.
On 2 of the 16 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Tom McCarthy
- First published
- 2010
- Length
- 320 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Booker Prize shortlist, 2010
- Walter Scott Prize shortlist, 2011
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Postmodern, Modernist
Is C worth reading?
2 of the 16 best-of lists it could have made include it: the Booker Prize and the Walter Scott Prize.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Booker Prize (winners and shortlists) (Booker Prize Foundation, 2010) | Shortlist | See the list |
| Walter Scott Prize (winners and shortlists) (Abbotsford Trust, 2011) | Shortlist | See the list |
Best edition of C
The edition we link to is the Vintage paperback (2011), 320 pages.
- Publisher
- Vintage (paperback, 2011)
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN
- 9780099547020
How critics, prizes and readers rate C
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