
Award History
| Award | Year | Status | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Dublin Literary Award | 2010 | Shortlist |
About This Book
Zoë Heller's novel follows the Litvinoff family as the patriarch — a left-wing lawyer — falls into a coma, forcing his formidable wife and three children to confront their own beliefs and hypocrisies. Shortlisted for the Dublin Literary Award.
About the Author
Zoë Heller (born 1965) is an English novelist and journalist raised in London and long resident in New York City. She began her career as a feature writer for British newspapers like The Independent on Sunday and later contributed to Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and The Sunday Times, winning Columnist of the Year at the British Press Awards in 2002. Her notable novels include Everything You Know (1999), Notes on a Scandal (2003, Booker Prize shortlist, film adaptation), and The Believers (2008, International Dublin Literary Award shortlist). Read more →
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