Overview

• Paul Lynch, an Irish author, has won the 2023 Booker Prize for his dystopian novel 'Prophet Song'.
• The novel, which took Lynch four years to write, is set in a near-future Ireland that descends into totalitarianism and civil war, forcing families to flee the country.
• The book was chosen from a shortlist of six novels, three of which were written by authors named Paul.
• Lynch becomes the fifth Irish author to win the prestigious literary prize, which comes with a cash award of £50,000 (around $63,000).
• The Booker Prize is open to novels originally written in English from any country and published in the UK or Ireland.