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Suburband Dublin devastated by airstrikes, a government descending into tyranny, civil liberties eroded and a family facing the question whether to stay or flee is the scenario posed in the International Booker Prize-shortlisted novel Prophet Song.
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There is always a near miss and the task before this year’s panel of Booker Prize judges was humongous. In seven months, the panel of judges read an astounding 163 books before zeroing down on the long list of 13. The short list will be announced four days from now and the Booker Prize 2023 winner will be announced in London on November 26
Paul Lynch’s Booker-longlisted Prophet Song is a vivid, harrowing novel of a woman and her family in a repressive time.
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Booker-longlisted novel is set in a dystopian Ireland, where secret police have emergency powers