Heligoland
British novelist, born 1944.
Heligoland is a 2003 novel by Shena Mackay. It was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2003.
In family saga
On 2 of the 19 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Shena Mackay
- First published
- 2003
- Length
- 208 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist, 2003
- Costa Novel Award shortlist, 2003
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Family saga, Psychological
Is Heligoland worth reading?
2 of the 19 best-of lists it could have made include it: the Costa Novel Award and the Women's Prize for Fiction.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Costa (Whitbread) Novel Award (winners and shortlists) (Costa, 2003) | Shortlist | See the list |
| Women's Prize for Fiction (winners and shortlists) (Women's Prize Trust, 2003) | Shortlist | See the list |
Best edition of Heligoland
The edition we link to is the Vintage paperback (2004), 208 pages.
- Publisher
- Vintage (paperback, 2004)
- Pages
- 208
- ISBN
- 9780099273592
How critics, prizes and readers rate Heligoland
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 33% 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