num_pages: 366
description: A novel in which an elderly writer with a block, surrounded by predatory friends and relations, seeks to escape, but his failure to do so and its aftermath lead to a violent climax. From the author of THE SEA, THE SEA and THE BELL.
language: English
title: The Black Prince
titlecomplete: The Black Prince
characters: Christian Hartbourne, Julian Belling, Bradley Pearson, Rachel Baffin, Francis Marloe, Arnold Baffin
genres: Fiction, British Literature, Philosophy, Literature, Classics, Novels, Irish Literature, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Modern Classics
ratings_count: 5744
awards: awardedAt: 94723200000
name: Booker Prize, awardedAt: 94723200000
name: James Tait Black Memorial Prize
category: Fiction
publisher: The Viking Press