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The novel was presented as the 2023 Booker Prize winner, with the critic praising its masterful depiction of a society slipping into fascism and calling it a beautifully written, haunting work.
Maureen Corrigan reviews Prophet Song, a novel ... It's the 2023 winner of the Booker Prize.
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The novel was presented as the 2023 Booker Prize winner, with the critic praising its masterful depiction of a society slipping into fascism and calling it a beautifully written, haunting work.
Maureen Corrigan reviews Prophet Song, a novel ... It's the 2023 winner of the Booker Prize.
You should read Prophet Song by Paul Lynch, the novel that recently won the 2023 Booker Prize.
Most of the characters in Paul Lynch's Booker Prizewinning novel Prophet Song don't want to believe that fascism is taking shape before their eyes in Ireland.
At the center of the story is Eilish, a scientist and mother of four living in Dublin who keeps showing up for work and chauffeuring the kids to school even as she frantically tries to locate her husband.
This horrifying yet lovely novel would be a masterpiece even in a time of halcyon equality and justice for all.