Heliopolis (Scudamore novel)
{{Short description|Novel by James Scudamore}}
{{for|the 1949 novel by Ernst Jünger|Heliopolis (Jünger novel)}}
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| country = England
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| genre = Novel
| publisher = Harvill Press
| release_date = February 2009
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| media_type = Print
| pages = 278 pp
| isbn = 978-1-84655-188-8
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Heliopolis is a 2009 novel by the British author James Scudamore. It is set in the city and surrounding areas of contemporary São Paulo, Brazil, and follows the story of a young, favela-born man, Ludo dos Santos. The book was nominated for the 2009 Man Booker Prize and is Scudamore's second novel.{{cite web|title=Judges decide on Man Booker Dozen|url=http://www.themanbookerprize.com/news/stories/1252|work=The Man Booker Prizes - News|publisher=The Booker Prize Foundation|accessdate=26 April 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120521100443/http://www.themanbookerprize.com/news/stories/1252|archivedate=21 May 2012}}
Reception
Critic Henry Shukman of The Guardian notes, "The novel is cleverly pitched to explore the two socioeconomic poles of modern urban Brazil. And the writing is exemplary: you feel the hand of a natural at work, one whose command of tone is strong, and who has an instinctive feel for handling a story."{{cite news|last=Shukman|first=Henry|title=Flight from the favela|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/jan/31/heliopolis-review-scudamore|accessdate=26 April 2012|newspaper=The Guardian (UK)|date=30 Jan 2009}} Writing in The Telegraph of London, reviewer Sinclair McKay calls the novel "a dark, gripping, often comic novel concerning appetite, urban poverty and identity."{{cite news|last=McKay|first=Sinclair|title=Heliopolis by James Scudamore - review|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/4296939/Heliopolis-by-James-Scudamore-review.html|accessdate=26 April 2012|newspaper=The Telegraph (UK)|date=20 Jan 2009}}
Heliopolis was listed as one of the final dozen nominees for the 2009 Man Booker Prize. Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall ultimately won.{{cite web|title=Wolf Hall wins the 2009 Man Booker Prize for Fiction|url=http://www.themanbookerprize.com/news/stories/1291|work=The Man Booker Prizes - News|publisher=The Booker Prize Foundation|accessdate=26 April 2012}}
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External links
- [http://www.jamesscudamore.com/Heliopolis.html Author website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20101202180549/http://themanbookerprize.com/perspective/articles/1270 Author interview on Man Booker website]