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The Bee Sting
by Paul Murray
Women's Prize for Fiction · 2024 · ShortlistBooker Prize · 2023 · ShortlistWomen's Prize for Fiction · 2023 · ShortlistKirkus Prize (Fiction) · 2023 · Shortlist
Hamish Hamiltonliterary-fiction
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Women's Prize for Fiction | 2024 | Shortlist |
| Booker Prize | 2023 | Shortlist |
| Women's Prize for Fiction | 2023 | Shortlist |
| Kirkus Prize (Fiction)Fiction | 2023 | Shortlist |
About This Book
The Barnes family of a small Irish town appears prosperous—a car dealership, an old house, two teenage children. But the financial crash has hollowed out their life, and each family member is keeping dangerous secrets from the others. A vast, darkly comic and devastating novel about the Irish middle class in freefall.
About the Author
Paul MurrayIrish
Paul Murray is an Irish novelist born in Dublin in 1975. He studied English at Trinity College Dublin and the University of East Anglia. His debut novel An Evening of Long Goodbyes (2003) was shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award. Read more →
