The Children of Dynmouth
Irish novelist, 1928–2016. Won the Costa Novel Award in 1976, 1983 and 1994.
The Children of Dynmouth is a 1976 novel by William Trevor. It won the Costa Novel Award in 1976.
On 2 of the 17 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- William Trevor
- First published
- 1976
- Length
- 208 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Booker Prize shortlist, 1976
- Costa Novel Award winner, 1976
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Coming of age, Crime, Psychological
Is The Children of Dynmouth worth reading?
2 of the 17 best-of lists it could have made include it: the Costa Novel Award and the Booker Prize.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Booker Prize (winners and shortlists) (Booker Prize Foundation, 1976) | Shortlist | See the list |
| Costa (Whitbread) Novel Award (winners and shortlists) (Costa, 1976) | Winner | See the list |
Best edition of The Children of Dynmouth
The edition we link to is the Penguin paperback (2014), 208 pages.
- Publisher
- Penguin (paperback, 2014)
- Pages
- 208
- ISBN
- 9780241971833
How critics, prizes and readers rate The Children of Dynmouth
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 83% 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
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