Headlong
British novelist, born 1933. Won the Costa Novel Award in 2002.
Headlong is a 1999 novel by Michael Frayn. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1999.
On 2 of the 19 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Michael Frayn
- First published
- 1999
- Length
- 400 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Booker Prize shortlist, 1999
- Costa Novel Award shortlist, 1999
- Genre
- Comic novels and satire, Class and society
Is Headlong worth reading?
2 of the 19 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, 1999) | Shortlist | See the list |
| Costa (Whitbread) Novel Award (winners and shortlists) (Costa, 1999) | Shortlist | See the list |
Best edition of Headlong
The edition we link to is the Faber & Faber paperback (2012), 400 pages.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber (paperback, 2012)
- Pages
- 400
- ISBN
- 9780571283484
How critics, prizes and readers rate Headlong
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