The Satanic Verses
British and Indian novelist, born 1947. Won the Booker Prize in 1981 and the Costa Novel Award in 1988 and 1995.
The Satanic Verses is a 1988 novel by Salman Rushdie. It won the Costa Novel Award in 1988.
On 2 of the 21 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Salman Rushdie
- First published
- 1988
- Length
- 560 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Booker Prize shortlist, 1988
- Costa Novel Award winner, 1988
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Magical realism, Religion and faith, Migration and identity
Is The Satanic Verses worth reading?
2 of the 21 best-of lists it could have made include it: the Costa Novel Award and the Booker Prize.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Booker Prize (winners and shortlists) (Booker Prize Foundation, 1988) | Shortlist | See the list |
| Costa (Whitbread) Novel Award (winners and shortlists) (Costa, 1988) | Winner | See the list |
Best edition of The Satanic Verses
The edition we link to is the Vintage paperback (1998), 560 pages.
- Publisher
- Vintage (paperback, 1998)
- Pages
- 560
- ISBN
- 9780963270702
How critics, prizes and readers rate The Satanic Verses
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
Books like The Satanic Verses
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