The Long Take
British novelist, born 1955. Won the Walter Scott Prize in 2019.
The Long Take is a 2018 verse novel by Robin Robertson. It won the Walter Scott Prize in 2019.
On 2 of the 15 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Robin Robertson
- First published
- 2018
- Length
- 256 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Booker Prize shortlist, 2018
- Walter Scott Prize winner, 2019
- Genre
- Literary fiction, War and conflict, Crime, Class and society
Is The Long Take worth reading?
2 of the 15 best-of lists it could have made include it: the Walter Scott Prize and the Booker Prize.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Booker Prize (winners and shortlists) (Booker Prize Foundation, 2018) | Shortlist | See the list |
| Walter Scott Prize (winners and shortlists) (Abbotsford Trust, 2019) | Winner | See the list |
Best edition of The Long Take
The edition we link to is the Picador paperback (2025), 256 pages.
- Publisher
- Picador (paperback, 2025)
- Pages
- 256
- ISBN
- 9781035062331
How critics, prizes and readers rate The Long Take
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 42% 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