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The author created a very realistic rendering of a post-democratic world in a society that had been previously stable (in this instance Ireland). I learned what it would take for a mother to flee with her children, to become a “boat person” in order to survive. This book not only made me more interested in the trauma of people fleeing political oppression, but it also convincingly showed how no society is fully politically stable.
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WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2023 • NATIONAL BESTSELLER
"A prophetic masterpiece." — Ron Charles, Washington Post
On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find two officers from Ireland’s newly formed secret police on her step. They have arrived to interrogate her husband, a trade unionist.
Ireland is falling apart, caught in the grip of a government turning towards tyranny. As the life she knows and the ones she loves disappear before her eyes, Eilish must contend with the dystopian logic of her new, unraveling country. How far will she…
