{"product_id":"prophet-song-9780802163011","title":"Prophet Song: A Novel (Booker Prize Winner) by Lynch, Paul","description":"\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2023 - INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A prophetic masterpiece.\" -- Ron Charles, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find two officers from Ireland's newly formed secret police on her step. They have arrived to interrogate her husband, a trade unionist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIreland is falling apart, caught in the grip of a government turning towards tyranny. As the life she knows and the ones she loves disappear before her eyes, Eilish must contend with the dystopian logic of her new, unraveling country. How far will she go to save her family? And what--or who--is she willing to leave behind?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe winner of the Booker Prize 2023 and a critically acclaimed national bestseller, \u003cem\u003eProphet Song\u003c\/em\u003e presents a terrifying and shocking vision of a country sliding into authoritarianism and a deeply human portrait of a mother's fight to hold her family together.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Lynch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atlantic Monthly Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/05\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802163011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Man Booker Prize - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/23\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2023 pg. 23\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/03\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Lynch\u003c\/b\u003e is the award-winning author of five novels -- \u003ci\u003eProphet Song\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGrace\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Black Snow\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRed Sky in Morning\u003c\/i\u003e. His most recent novel, \u003ci\u003eProphet Song\u003c\/i\u003e, won the 2023 Booker Prize and was shortlisted for the Strega European Award and the An Post Irish Novel of the Year. He has previously won the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year and France's Prix Libr'à Nous for Best Foreign Novel, among other prizes. He has been shortlisted for many international awards, including the UK's Walter Scott Prize, and France's Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger, Prix Littérature-Monde, and the Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature. In 2024, he was appointed Distinguished Writing Fellow at Maynooth University and was elected to Aosdána, which honors artists who have made outstanding contributions to the creative arts in Ireland. He lives in Dublin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Monthly Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43672550211737,"sku":"9780802163011","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0572\/3367\/0297\/files\/img_8ff123e5-6c59-4c0a-9842-2fb56f6951bc.jpg?v=1724783189","url":"https:\/\/bookmarksretail.store\/products\/prophet-song-9780802163011","provider":"Bookmarks Retail","version":"1.0","type":"link"}