Grace Notes
British novelist, born 1942.
Grace Notes is a 1997 novel by Bernard MacLaverty. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1997.
In family saga
On 2 of the 20 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Bernard MacLaverty
- First published
- 1997
- Length
- 288 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Booker Prize shortlist, 1997
- Costa Novel Award shortlist, 1997
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Psychological, Family saga
Is Grace Notes worth reading?
2 of the 20 best-of lists it could have made include it: the Booker Prize and the Costa Novel Award.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Booker Prize (winners and shortlists) (Booker Prize Foundation, 1997) | Shortlist | See the list |
| Costa (Whitbread) Novel Award (winners and shortlists) (Costa, 1997) | Shortlist | See the list |
Best edition of Grace Notes
The edition we link to is the Vintage paperback (1998), 288 pages.
- Publisher
- Vintage (paperback, 1998)
- Pages
- 288
- ISBN
- 9780099778011
How critics, prizes and readers rate Grace Notes
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 44% 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