The Story of Lucy Gault
Irish novelist, 1928–2016. Won the Costa Novel Award in 1976, 1983 and 1994.
The Story of Lucy Gault is a 2002 novel by William Trevor. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2002.
In family saga
On 2 of the 17 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- William Trevor
- First published
- 2002
- Length
- 240 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Booker Prize shortlist, 2002
- Costa Novel Award shortlist, 2002
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Family saga, War and conflict, Psychological
Is The Story of Lucy Gault worth reading?
2 of the 17 best-of lists it could have made include it: the Booker Prize and the Costa Novel Award.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Booker Prize (winners and shortlists) (Booker Prize Foundation, 2002) | Shortlist | See the list |
| Costa (Whitbread) Novel Award (winners and shortlists) (Costa, 2002) | Shortlist | See the list |
Best edition of The Story of Lucy Gault
The edition we link to is the Penguin paperback (2003), 240 pages.
- Publisher
- Penguin (paperback, 2003)
- Pages
- 240
- ISBN
- 9780141044606
How critics, prizes and readers rate The Story of Lucy Gault
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 44% 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
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