The Interrogation
French and Mauritian novelist, born 1940.
The Interrogation is a 1963 novel by J. M. G. Le Clézio, translated from French.
On 2 of the 12 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- J. M. G. Le Clézio
- First published
- 1963
- Length
- 256 pages (UK paperback)
- Original language
- Translated from French
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Psychological, Philosophical
Is The Interrogation worth reading?
2 of the 12 best-of lists it could have made include it: 100 books of the century (Le Monde) and The Big Jubilee Read (BBC Arts and The Reading Agency).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 books of the century (Le Monde, 1999) | No. 72 | See the list |
| The Big Jubilee Read (BBC Arts and The Reading Agency, 2022) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of The Interrogation
The edition we link to is the Simon & Schuster paperback (2009), 256 pages.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster (paperback, 2009)
- Pages
- 256
- ISBN
- 9781439149416
How critics and readers rate The Interrogation
Critics and readers rate it about equally: it earned 16% on critics' lists and 13% 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