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The explosive literary sensation and winner of the 2023 Booker Prize. As read by Clare Dunne (鈥楰in.鈥�)

On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find the GNSB 鈥� the Garda National Service Bureau 鈥� on her step. Two officers from Ireland鈥檚 newly formed secret police are here to interrogate her husband, a trade unionist.

Ireland is falling apart. The country is in the grip of a government turning towards tyranny and Eilish finds herself caught within the nightmare logic of a society that is quickly unravelling.

How far will she go to save her family? And what 鈥� or who 鈥� is she willing to leave behind?

The Author
Paul Lynch is the prize-winning author of five novels: 鈥楶rophet Song鈥�, 鈥楤eyond the Sea鈥�, 鈥楪race鈥�, 鈥楾he Black Snow鈥�, and 鈥楻ed Sky in Morning鈥�. He was awarded The Booker Prize 2023 for his esteemed novel 鈥楶rophet Song鈥�. He has won the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year and the French booksellers鈥� prize Prix Libr鈥櫭� Nous for best foreign novel. He has also been shortlisted for UK鈥檚 Walter Scott Prize, the US鈥檚 William Saroyan International Prize, and France鈥檚 Prix Jean Monnet for European Literature and the Prix du Meilleur Livre 脡tranger, among other prizes. Lib茅ration has called Lynch 鈥渙ne of today鈥檚 greatest Irish writers鈥�. He lives in Dublin with his wife and two children.

Reader: Clare Dunne
Author: Paul Lynch
Abridger: Rowan Routh
Producer: Michael Shannon

A 大象传媒 Audio Northern Ireland Production for 大象传媒 Radio 4.