Prophet Song
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2023. First American edition, first printing. Hardcover, in dust jacket. Light shelf wear, several unfolded corners throughout text block, still near fine, in near fine dust jacket, in mylar cover. Item #242089
MOTHERHOOD & THE SECRET POLICE
It is not always appropriate to call a book aching, but Paul Lynch's Prophet Song is. Winner of the 2023 Booker Prize, Lynch's staggering dystopian erosion of Ireland follows Eilish Stack, mother-of-four, as secret police and totalitarianism descend on the republic. Written with no paragraph breaks, Eilish's struggle to keep her family together after her husband's state-led disappearance is palpably high strung, crafting a narrative that hums with the fear and love that can only come from a mother.
First published by Oneworld, this first American edition was released the same year.
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