Prophet Song: A Novel (Booker Prize Winner)
By Paul Lynch
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"A prophetic masterpiece." — Ron Charles, Washington Post
On 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.
Ireland 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?
The winner of the Booker Prize 2023 and a critically acclaimed national bestseller, Prophet Song 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.
Editor's Note
Booker Prize winner…
In a contemporary (but alternate) Ireland, Eilish Stack and her family try to navigate an increasingly oppressive totalitarian government. The story opens as Eilish’s husband, a union worker, is taken in for questioning — and never seen again. Lynch (“Grace”) weaves a claustrophobic dystopian nightmare that, eerily, doesn’t feel as far-fetched as we’d like. “Prophet Song” won the Booker Prize for 2023.
Paul Lynch
Val & Paul run ‘The Heart Centre’ for Emotional Healing in Eastbourne. They have both been involved in personal development for many years. Paul has a firm background in alternative approaches including NLP and EFT. Paul’s calm compassionate approach is apparent throughout his consultations and courses. He has a high success rate with addictions especially with helping people to stop smoking. Paul regularly speaks on the radio regarding EFT.
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Reviews for Prophet Song
20 ratings2 reviews
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It’s dark and dystopian, but I can see why it won the Booker Prize. Vivid, disturbing, and all too probable.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5The formating has been lost in this epub edition. Where a paragraph ends blurs the context enough to make this hard to read.
I like the story though and will try to find through my library.