The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Australian novelist, born 1961. Won the Booker Prize in 2014.
The Narrow Road to the Deep North is a 2013 novel by Richard Flanagan. It won the Booker Prize in 2014.
On 2 of the 15 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Richard Flanagan
- First published
- 2013
- Length
- 464 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Booker Prize winner, 2014
- Genre
- Historical fiction, War and conflict, Love story, Psychological
Is The Narrow Road to the Deep North worth reading?
2 of the 15 best-of lists it could have made include it: the Booker Prize and Waterstones Book of the Year (winners and shortlists).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Booker Prize (winners and shortlists) (Booker Prize Foundation, 2014) | Winner | See the list |
| Waterstones Book of the Year (winners and shortlists) (Waterstones, 2012-) | Shortlist | See the list |
Best edition of The Narrow Road to the Deep North
The edition we link to is the Vintage paperback (2015), 464 pages.
- Publisher
- Vintage (paperback, 2015)
- Pages
- 464
- ISBN
- 9780099593584
How critics, prizes and readers rate The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 33% of the points available on prize lists, against 13% on readers' and booksellers' lists and 0% on critics' 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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