Part of the Blackwell Manifestos series, The State of the Novel offers a lively, yet rigorous investigation into the state and future of the contemporary British novel written by an expert in the field.

• evaluates the state of the ‘serious literary’ novel and novel criticism
  
• prominent treatment is paid to the ‘internationalization’ of the novel in English
  
• offers a manifesto on contemporary fiction from an expert in this field; Dominic Head is best known for his Cambridge Introduction to Modern British Fiction 1950-2000: a key textbook used in contemporary fiction courses
  
• establishes the shared interests of contemporary theorists of the novel, cultural commentators, and novel consumers
  
• an ideal supplementary text for students and faculty interested in the novel and contemporary fiction