The Flamethrowers
American novelist, born 1968.
The Flamethrowers is a 2013 novel by Rachel Kushner. It was shortlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction in 2013.
On 2 of the 15 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Rachel Kushner
- First published
- 2013
- Length
- 400 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- National Book Award for Fiction shortlist, 2013
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Feminist, Political
Is The Flamethrowers worth reading?
2 of the 15 best-of lists it could have made include it: the National Book Award for Fiction and The 100 best books of the 21st century (The New York Times).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| National Book Award for Fiction (winners and finalists) (National Book Foundation, 2013) | Shortlist | See the list |
| The 100 best books of the 21st century (The New York Times, 2024) | No. 56 | See the list |
Best edition of The Flamethrowers
The edition we link to is the Vintage paperback (2014), 400 pages.
- Publisher
- Vintage (paperback, 2014)
- Pages
- 400
- ISBN
- 9780099586982
How critics, prizes and readers rate The Flamethrowers
Critics and prize juries rate it about equally: it earned 18% on critics' lists and 17% on prize lists, against 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