Half-Blood Blues
Canadian novelist, born 1978.
Half-Blood Blues is a 2011 novel by Esi Edugyan. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2011.
In historical fiction, Black American
On 3 of the 16 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Esi Edugyan
- First published
- 2011
- Length
- 352 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Booker Prize shortlist, 2011
- Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist, 2012
- Walter Scott Prize shortlist, 2012
- Genre
- Historical fiction, War and conflict, Black American
Is Half-Blood Blues worth reading?
3 of the 16 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them the Booker Prize and the Walter Scott Prize.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Booker Prize (winners and shortlists) (Booker Prize Foundation, 2011) | Shortlist | See the list |
| Walter Scott Prize (winners and shortlists) (Abbotsford Trust, 2012) | Shortlist | See the list |
| Women's Prize for Fiction (winners and shortlists) (Women's Prize Trust, 2012) | Shortlist | See the list |
Best edition of Half-Blood Blues
The edition we link to is the Serpent's Tail paperback (2011), 352 pages.
- Publisher
- Serpent's Tail (paperback, 2011)
- Pages
- 352
- ISBN
- 9781846687754
How critics, prizes and readers rate Half-Blood Blues
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 50% 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