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Why it matters
Lynch makes democratic collapse intimate and places readers inside displacement.
2 lists & prizes
2023 selection · Literary fiction
Prophet Song
In an Ireland sliding into authoritarian rule, scientist Eilish Stack tries to protect her children after officers take her husband. Ordinary family decisions narrow into impossible choices as conflict spreads.
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You can handle an intense family story about authoritarianism and flight.
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