Sweet Caress
British novelist, born 1952. Won the Costa Novel Award in 2006.
Sweet Caress is a 2015 novel by William Boyd. It was shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize in 2016.
On 2 of the 16 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- William Boyd
- First published
- 2015
- Length
- 464 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Walter Scott Prize shortlist, 2016
- Genre
- Historical fiction, War and conflict, Feminist, Love story
Is Sweet Caress worth reading?
2 of the 16 best-of lists it could have made include it: the Walter Scott Prize and Richard & Judy Book Club picks.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Richard & Judy Book Club picks (Richard & Judy / WHSmith, 2004-) | Listed | See the list |
| Walter Scott Prize (winners and shortlists) (Abbotsford Trust, 2016) | Shortlist | See the list |
Best edition of Sweet Caress
The edition we link to is the Bloomsbury Paperbacks paperback (2016), 464 pages.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Paperbacks (paperback, 2016)
- Pages
- 464
- ISBN
- 9781408867990
How critics, prizes and readers rate Sweet Caress
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 17% of the points available on prize lists, against 7% 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
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