Every Man for Himself
British novelist, 1932–2010. Won the Costa Novel Award in 1977 and 1996.
Every Man for Himself is a 1996 novel by Beryl Bainbridge. It won the Costa Novel Award in 1996.
On 2 of the 21 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Beryl Bainbridge
- First published
- 1996
- Length
- 256 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Booker Prize shortlist, 1996
- Costa Novel Award winner, 1996
- Genre
- Historical fiction, Class and society, Psychological
Is Every Man for Himself worth reading?
2 of the 21 best-of lists it could have made include it: the Costa Novel Award and the Booker Prize.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Booker Prize (winners and shortlists) (Booker Prize Foundation, 1996) | Shortlist | See the list |
| Costa (Whitbread) Novel Award (winners and shortlists) (Costa, 1996) | Winner | See the list |
Best edition of Every Man for Himself
The edition we link to is the Abacus paperback (2002), 256 pages.
- Publisher
- Abacus (paperback, 2002)
- Pages
- 256
- ISBN
- 9780349108704
How critics, prizes and readers rate Every Man for Himself
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 42% 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
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