Prophet Song
| Title | Prophet Song |
| Year for Search | 2023 |
| Authors | Lynch, Paul |
| Pagination | 309 pp. |
| Date Published | 2023 |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Place Published | London |
| ISBN Number | 978-0861546862 |
| Keywords | Irish author, Male author |
| Annotation | The novel is set in a near future in which the GNSB (Garda National Services Bureau), a recently established secret police, is investigating all people they determine to be potentially subversive, and those people tend to disappear. The novel follows the family of a teacher and union leader who is being investigated as they flee across an authoritarian Ireland. |
| Additional Publishers | U.S. ed. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2023 |
| Info Notes | The book won the 2023 Booker Award. |
| Author Note | Irish author |
| Full Text | 2023 Lynch, Paul. Prophet Song. London: Faber & Faber. U.S. ed. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2023. 309 pp. The novel is set in a near future in which the GNSB (Garda National Services Bureau), a recently established secret police, is investigating all people they determine to be potentially subversive, and those people tend to disappear. The novel follows the family of a teacher and union leader who is being investigated as they flee across an authoritarian Ireland. The book won the 2023 Booker Award. Irish author. |
