Shadowplay
Irish novelist, born 1963.
Shadowplay is a 2019 novel by Joseph O'Connor. It was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award in 2019.
On 3 of the 13 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Joseph O'Connor
- First published
- 2019
- Length
- 320 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Costa Novel Award shortlist, 2019
- Walter Scott Prize shortlist, 2020
- Genre
- Historical fiction, Love story
Is Shadowplay worth reading?
3 of the 13 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them the Costa Novel Award and the Walter Scott Prize.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Costa (Whitbread) Novel Award (winners and shortlists) (Costa, 2019) | Shortlist | See the list |
| Richard & Judy Book Club picks (Richard & Judy / WHSmith, 2004-) | Listed | See the list |
| Walter Scott Prize (winners and shortlists) (Abbotsford Trust, 2020) | Shortlist | See the list |
Best edition of Shadowplay
The edition we link to is the Harvill Secker paperback (2019), 320 pages.
- Publisher
- Harvill Secker (paperback, 2019)
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN
- 9781787300859
How critics, prizes and readers rate Shadowplay
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 33% of the points available on prize lists, against 10% on readers' and booksellers' lists and 0% on critics' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work