With scientist and mother of four Eilish as the novel’s protagonist, Lynch memorably explores the sensations of dread and fear, of not knowing where your relatives are as you try to make sense of the ...

Prophet Song by Paul Lynch is a dystopian novel in the extreme that recently won the prestigious Booker Prize. It describes authoritarianism in Ireland, a country that has known sectarian violence. It ...

Toward the end of Prophet Song, the harrowing novel that won this year's Booker Prize, Paul Lynch unspools a sentence that gathers momentum for more than a page before it seizes on a truth: "the end ...

Paul Lynch kisses trophy after being named as the winner of the 2023 Booker Prize for the novel Prophet Song. Getty Dystopian novel Prophet Song by Irish author Paul Lynch has won the 2023 Booker ...

With three Pauls on a shortlist of six names, there was a decent chance one would triumph with the 2023 Booker Prize. As it turns out, it is Paul Lynch who can claim the bragging rights and the ...