Bookshops across the country yesterday saw a large upsurge in sales of Ann enright's Booker Prize winning novel, The Gathering, following her unexpected victory in the world's most prestigous literary award on Tuesday night.
Leona White of the Book Centre in Wexford said extra copies of The Gatheringwere on the way after their stock of the book sold out early yesterday. Ms White said the Booker victory had greatly increased interest in the book.
In Dublin Tim Crooks of Reads Bookshop on Nassau Street said they had sold out of its 60 copies of The Gatheringshortly after opening their doors yesterday morning. "There will be great demand for the book for the foreseeable future and we have another 200 copies in stock today."
John Gannon of Chapters on Parnell Street in Dublin said sales of The Gatheringhad increased rapidly following the award and he was eager to assure customers that more copies of the book will be available today.
However, Natalie Winterlich of Easons on Nassau Street in Dublin said staff thought Ms Enright might win the Booker and they still had a handful of their large stock remaining.
Ms Winterlich said she expected to be reordering the book "every few days for quite some time".
