This Bleeding City

This Bleeding City
First edition
AuthorAlex Preston
LanguageEnglish
GenreLiterary fiction
PublisherFaber & Faber
Publication date
4 March 2010
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint, ebook
Pages352 pp
ISBN9780571251704
(Paperback edition)
OCLC467755311
823

This Bleeding City is a 2010 novel by British author Alex Preston and his debut novel.[1] The work was first published in the United Kingdom on 4 March 2010 through Faber & Faber. It is set during the financial crisis of 2007–2008 and follows a young trader named Charlie Wales. The novel won the 2010 Spear's Best First Novel Prize and the 2010 Edinburgh Festival Readers' First Book Award.[2][3] It has been translated into twelve languages.

  1. ^ Mullinger, James. "Literature: Alex Preston". GQ. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  2. ^ "2010 READERS' FIRST BOOK AWARD WINNER ANNOUNCED". ED Book Fest. 25 October 2010. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Spear's Book Awards II". Spears WMS. Retrieved 18 June 2014.