Irish writer Paul Lynch wins Booker Prize for dystopian novel 'Prophet Song'
by The Associated Press
Nov 26, 2023
3 minutes
LONDON — Irish writer Paul Lynch won the Booker Prize for fiction on Sunday with what judges called a "soul-shattering" novel about a woman's struggle to protect her family as Ireland collapses into totalitarianism and war.
, set in a dystopian fictional version of Dublin, was awarded the 50,000-pound ($63,000) literary prize at a ceremony in London. Canadian writer Esi Edugyan, who chaired the judging panel, said the book is "a triumph of
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