Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction | 2016 | Winner |
About This Book
Simon Mawer's sequel to The Glass Room follows Marian Sutro, a young woman recruited as a Special Operations Executive agent to work in occupied France during the Second World War, and traces the long psychological aftermath of her wartime experience through post-war London. The novel won the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction in 2016.
About the Author
Simon Mawer is a British novelist born in 1948 who has lived most of his adult life in Italy, where he taught biology. His novels include Chimera (1989), A Jealous God (1990), Mendel's Dwarf (1997), and The Gospel of Judas (2000). The Glass Room (2009), set in a Mies van der Rohe-inspired modernist villa in Czechoslovakia through the Nazi occupation and Communist takeover, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Read more →
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