Ducks, Newburyport

Ducks, Newburyport
First trade edition cover
AuthorLucy Ellmann
LanguageEnglish
Set inNewcomerstown, Ohio in 2017
PublisherGalley Beggar Press
Publication date
4 July 2019
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages1,030
Awards
ISBN978-1-910296-96-7

Ducks, Newburyport is a 2019 novel by British author Lucy Ellmann. The novel is written in the stream of consciousness narrative style, and mostly consists of a single long sentence that lists the main character's thoughts over the course of the novel. The novel includes the phrase "the fact that" more than 19,000 times. The book runs over 1000 pages. It won the 2019 Goldsmiths Prize and was shortlisted for the 2019 Booker Prize.