The Bird of Night by Susan Hill

The Bird of Night (ISBN 0241104092) is a novel by Susan Hill. It won the 1972 Whitbread Award, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Susan Hill commented in 2006: A novel of mine was shortlisted for Booker and won the Whitbread Prize for Fiction. It was a book I have never rated. I don't think it works, though there are a few good things in it. I don't believe in the characters or the story.

The 2538th greatest fiction book of all time


This book is on the following lists:

  1. - Costa Book Award - Best Novel (Costa Coffee)

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Name Binding Sales Rank Lowest New Lowest Used Published
The Bird of Night Hardcover 3402618 $67.46 $0.01
Bird of Night Hardcover 13771732 $3.15 1972
The Bird of Night Audible Audio Edition 130135 $13.57 2017
The Bird of Night: An Award-Winning Novel of a Great Poet and His Obsessive Poetic Vision (Transaction Large Print Books) Hardcover 9916034 $2.50
The Bird of Night Paperback 2100446 $985.00 $4.75 1976