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Booker Prize
Unusually varied list also includes Jonathan Escoffery’s debut, If I Survive You
Nominated books include Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck, A Dictator Calls by Ismail Kadare and The House on Via Gemito by Domenico Starnone
Anne Enright, Claire Kilroy and Megan Nolan in running for £30,000 fiction award
Rónán Hession reviews a selection that includes an impressive work by International Booker Prize winner Georgi Gospidinov
When the author’s previous novel was released in 2021 it sold 40,000 copies in just five days
From cinema and theatre to television, folk music and literature, Ireland is enjoying unprecedented creative boom
Sebastian Barry, Joseph O’Connor, Claire Kilroy and Emma Donoghue up for €100,000 prize
Ireland has borne witness to one of the most significant periods in its modern literary history, a winning-streak that shows no sign of abating
Irish author on prizes, translations and being the second Laureate of Irish Fiction
Tragicomic family saga secures top prize on top of Novel of the Year award
Before being shortlisted for the prize, Lynch’s book sold 2,643 copies. Last weekend that figure rose to 8,095
Irish Booker Prize winner reflects on his success, his writing roots and surviving cancer
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