Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Dayton Literary Peace Prize – Fiction | 2024 | Winner |
About This Book
A Dublin microbiologist is confronted one night by agents of the newly empowered secret police asking questions about her husband, a union official. As Ireland slides into authoritarianism and civil war, Eilish Stack must decide what she is willing to sacrifice to keep her family together. Told in relentless, breathless prose. Winner of the Booker Prize and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Fiction.
About the Author
Paul LynchIrish
Paul Lynch is an Irish novelist born in County Limerick in 1977. He studied film and communications at University College Dublin and has worked as a journalist and film critic. His debut novel Red Sky in Morning (2013) announced a major new voice in Irish fiction with its bold, biblical-inflected prose style. Read more →
