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Prophet song / Paul Lynch.

Lynch, Paul, 1977- (author.).

Summary:

"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 toward 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? Exhilarating, terrifying, and surprisingly intimate, Prophet Song offers a shocking vision of a country at war and a deeply human portrait of a mother's fight to hold her family together"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780802163011 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 309 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2023.
Subject: Despotism > Fiction.
Intelligence service > Fiction.
Ireland > Fiction.
Genre: Dystopian fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Tsuga Consortium.

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  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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  • Baker & Taylor
    "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 toward 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? Exhilarating, terrifying, and surprisingly intimate, Prophet Song offers a shocking vision of a country at war and a deeply human portrait of a mother's fight to hold her family together"--
  • Baker & Taylor
    With Ireland caught in the grip of a government turning towards tyranny, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack, as the life she knows and the ones she loves disappear before her eyes, must decide how far she’ll go to save her family and what—or who—she is willing to leave behind.
  • Perseus Publishing

    WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2023 • INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER

    Winner of the 2024 Dayton Literary Peace Prize
    Finalist for the 2024 Kirkus Prize
    Shortlisted for the 2025 Dublin Literary Award

    One of The Irish Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century

    "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.


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