Prophet Song

2023 - 11 - 27

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Booker Prize 2023: Ireland's Paul Lynch wins with Prophet Song (BBC News)

The dystopian novel depicting an Ireland slipping into totalitarianism bags the prestigious award.

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'Soul-shattering' Prophet Song by Paul Lynch wins 2023 Booker prize (The Guardian)

The Irish author's novel set in an imagined Dublin descending into far-right tyranny wins £50000 prize.

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Paul Lynch wins Booker Prize 2023 for dystopian novel Prophet Song (ABC News)

The 50000-pound ($96000) prize was awarded to Irish writer Paul Lynch, for a dystopian novel set in an Ireland ruled by a fascist government.

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Dystopian novel about Ireland's descent into far-right terror wins ... (The Sydney Morning Herald)

In Prophet Song, author Paul Lynch taps into the unrest in western democracies and their indifference towards disasters.

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Irish writer Paul Lynch's 'Prophet Song' wins Booker Prize (Los Angeles Times)

Irish writer Paul Lynch won the Booker Prize with what judges called a 'soul-shattering' novel about life in a dystopian, totalitarian Ireland.

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Prophet Song by Paul Lynch: Booker prize-winning novel is a ... (The Conversation UK)

The novel imagines how a society can be gripped by a slow-building authoritarian regime yet continue its mundane daily rituals.

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Booker Prize winner 'Prophet Song' is a prophetic masterpiece (The Washington Post)

Paul Lynch's novel is a terrifying masterpiece about the ascent of modern-day fascism.

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