AF/1 - Novels
Reference code
AF/1
Level of description
Series
Title
Novels
Date/s
2003-2014
Scope and content
Adam Foulds's first novel, 'The Truth About These Strange Times' (2007), is about the relationship between Howard, a Scottish loner, and 10-year-old maths prodigy, Saul. It won the 2008 Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award and a 2007 Betty Trask Award.
His second novel is 'The Quickening Maze' (2009), a part-historical part-fictional account of the relationship between John Clare, Matthew Allan - the head of Clare's mental asylum, and Alfred Lord Tennyson. It was shortlisted for the 2009 Man Booker Prize for Fiction.
Fould's third novel 'In The Wolf's Mouth' (2015) follows the lives of four men navigating the chaos and horror brought about by the Second World War. It was shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize in 2015.
His second novel is 'The Quickening Maze' (2009), a part-historical part-fictional account of the relationship between John Clare, Matthew Allan - the head of Clare's mental asylum, and Alfred Lord Tennyson. It was shortlisted for the 2009 Man Booker Prize for Fiction.
Fould's third novel 'In The Wolf's Mouth' (2015) follows the lives of four men navigating the chaos and horror brought about by the Second World War. It was shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize in 2015.