The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
American novelist, 1951–2013. Won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1990.
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love is a 1989 novel by Oscar Hijuelos. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1990.
In family saga
On 2 of the 18 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Oscar Hijuelos
- First published
- 1989
- Length
- 416 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- National Book Award for Fiction shortlist, 1989
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner, 1990
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Migration and identity, Family saga, Love story
Is The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love worth reading?
2 of the 18 best-of lists it could have made include it: the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for Fiction.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| National Book Award for Fiction (winners and finalists) (National Book Foundation, 1989) | Shortlist | See the list |
| Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (winners and finalists) (Columbia University, 1990) | Winner | See the list |
Best edition of The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
The edition we link to is the Penguin Classics paperback (2009), 416 pages.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics (paperback, 2009)
- Pages
- 416
- ISBN
- 9780141189666
How critics, prizes and readers rate The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 56% 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