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Prophet Song

by Paul Lynch - £16.99  Oneworld Publications (2023)
hardback    ISBN 13: 9780861546459 | ISBN 10: 0861546458

WINNER OF THE 2023 BOOKER PRIZE
 
A mother faces a terrible choice in Prophet Song, Paul Lynch’s propulsive and confronting portrait of a society on the brink.
 
This fiercely imaginative novel is set in a near-future Ireland, a nation caught in the stranglehold of a government turning towards tyranny. When her husband goes missing, Eilish is caught up in the nightmare logic of an unravelling society.
 
The judges said: “Paul Lynch’s harrowing and dystopian Prophet Song vividly renders a mother’s determination to protect her family as Ireland’s liberal democracy slides inexorably and terrifyingly into totalitarianism. Readers will find it timely and unforgettable. It’s a remarkable accomplishment for a novelist to capture the social and political anxieties of our moment so compellingly.”
 
‘Readers will find it timely and unforgettable… A remarkable accomplishment.’ Booker Prize judges
 
‘If there was ever a crucial book for our current times, it’s Paul Lynch’s Prophet Song… A literary manifesto for those in need, and a brilliantly haunting novel.’ Observer
 
‘Nightmarish yet horribly convincing… Powerful, claustrophobic and horribly real.’ Guardian

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