Self Help (novel)
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Self Help is a novel by English author Edward Docx, published in 2007 by Picador
; it won Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize
that year and was also long-listed for the Man Booker Prize
. The novel has received positive reviews, his description of cities being compared to both Dickens and Dostoevsky.
Picador (imprint)
Picador is an imprint of Pan Macmillan in the United Kingdom and Australia and of Macmillan Publishing in the United States. Both companies are owned by Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group....
; it won Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize
Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize
The Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize is a British literary prize established in 1963 in tribute to Geoffrey Faber, founder and first Chairman publisher Faber & Faber...
that year and was also long-listed for the Man Booker Prize
Man Booker Prize
The Man Booker Prize for Fiction is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original full-length novel, written in the English language, by a citizen of the Commonwealth of Nations, Ireland, or Zimbabwe. The winner of the Man Booker Prize is generally assured of international renown and...
. The novel has received positive reviews, his description of cities being compared to both Dickens and Dostoevsky.