 First edition (UK) | |
| Author | Shena Mackay |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Cecily Brown[1] |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Heinemann (UK) Moyer Bell (US) |
Publication date | 1995 (UK), 1996 (US) |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print & Audio |
| Pages | 320 |
| ISBN | 0-434-00067-1 |
The Orchard on Fire is a 1995 novel, the best known work of British author Shena Mackay.[2] It has been identified as one of the best novels of the 1990s.[3]
- ^ 1996 Booker Prize
- ^ "Nautilus, not nice: Lisa Allardice finds something fishy in Croydon as Shena Mackay's heroine goes looking for salvation in Heligoland" (1 March 2003) The Guardian
- ^ Linda Parent Lesher (2000) The Best Novels of the Nineties p. 142 ISBN 0-7864-0742-5