num_pages: 598
description: A meditative novel of a young boy on the cusp of adulthood follows a single year in the life of thirteen-year-old Jason Taylor as he grows up in what is for him the sleepiest village in Worcestershire, England, in 1982.
language: English
title: Black Swan Green
titlecomplete: Black Swan Green
characters: Mark Badbury, Eva van Outryve de Crommelynck, Hugo Lamb, Jason Taylor
genres: Fiction, Coming Of Age, British Literature, Young Adult, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Audiobook
ratings_count: 41544
places: Worcestershire, England
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Booker Prize
category: Longlist, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Costa Book Award
category: Novel, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: ALA Alex Award
publisher: Thorndike Pr