2023 Winner of the Booker Prize for Fiction
by Paul Lynch
📅 Save the date! Paul Lynch will be in conversation with Omar El Akkad at Powell's City of Books on Thursday, October 10 at 7 PM (PT).
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 Man Booker Prize for Fiction promotes the finest in literary fiction by rewarding the very best novel of the year. The prize is the world's most important literary award and has the power to transform the fortunes of authors and publishers.