NPR

In Booker-winning 'Prophet Song,' the world ends slowly and then all at once

Toward the end of Prophet Song, the harrowing novel that won this year's Booker Prize, Paul Lynch unspools a sentence that gathers momentum for more than a page before it seizes on a truth: "the end ...
WBUR

Paul Lynch's lyrical 'Prophet Song' portrays survival as democracy goes off the rails

The cover of "Prophet Song" by Paul Lynch. (Courtesy of Grove Press) Paul Lynch's Booker Prize-winning novel "Prophet Song" portrays life in a fictional dystopian Ireland as democracy crumbles, ...
WUNC

'Prophet Song' is a beautifully-written, slow descent into fascism

This is FRESH AIR. Our book critic, Maureen Corrigan, says that if you want to start the new year off with a stunning and topical work of literature, you should read "Prophet Song" by Paul Lynch, the ...
NPR

'Prophet Song' is a beautifully-written, slow descent into fascism

Most of the characters in Paul Lynch's Booker Prize-winning novel don't want to believe that tyranny is taking shape before their eyes, even as power is cut off and democratic freedoms evaporate. This ...
Deadline.com

Booker Prize: Dystopian Novel ‘Prophet Song’ Follows In Footsteps Of ‘The English Patient’ & ‘Life Of Pi’ To Win Prestigious Award

Paul Lynch kisses trophy after being named as the winner of the 2023 Booker Prize for the novel Prophet Song. Getty Dystopian novel Prophet Song by Irish author Paul Lynch has won the 2023 Booker ...
CNN

Irish writer Paul Lynch’s dystopian novel ‘Prophet Song’ wins 2023 Booker Prize

Irish writer Paul Lynch won the 2023 Booker Prize on Sunday for his novel “Prophet Song,” the story of a family and a country on the brink of catastrophe as an imaginary Irish government veers towards ...