Glorious Exploits
Irish novelist.
Glorious Exploits is a 2024 novel by Ferdia Lennon. It was shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize in 2025.
On 2 of the 10 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Ferdia Lennon
- First published
- 2024
- Length
- 288 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Walter Scott Prize shortlist, 2025
- Genre
- Historical fiction, War and conflict, Class and society
Is Glorious Exploits worth reading?
2 of the 10 best-of lists it could have made include it: the Walter Scott Prize and Waterstones Book of the Year (winners and shortlists).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Walter Scott Prize (winners and shortlists) (Abbotsford Trust, 2025) | Shortlist | See the list |
| Waterstones Book of the Year (winners and shortlists) (Waterstones, 2012-) | Shortlist | See the list |
Best edition of Glorious Exploits
The edition we link to is the Penguin paperback (2025), 288 pages.
- Publisher
- Penguin (paperback, 2025)
- Pages
- 288
- ISBN
- 9780241998007
How critics, prizes and readers rate Glorious Exploits
Prize juries and readers rate it about equally: it earned 22% on prize lists and 20% on readers' and booksellers' lists, against 0% on critics' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work