: A novel Lynch, Paul. creator text Dystopian fiction nyu LaVergne Atlantic Monthly Press 2023 monographic eng Eng lis h The explosive literary sensation: a mother faces a terrible choice as Ireland slides into totalitarianism. On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find the GNSB on her step. Two officers from Ireland’s newly formed secret police are here to interrogate her husband, Larry, a trade unionist. Ireland is falling apart. The country is in the grip of a government turning towards tyranny and when her husband disappears, Eilish finds herself caught within the nightmare logic of a society that is quickly unravelling. Soon, she must decide just how far she is willing to go to keep her family safe. Exhilarating, terrifying and propulsive, Paul Lynch’s Booker Prize-winning novel is a devastating vision of a country falling apart and a moving portrait of the resilience of the human spirit when faced with the darkest of times. / Paul Lynch. Title from eBook information screen.. Requires the Libby app or a modern web browser. Mothers Fiction Ireland Dublin Totalitarianism Fiction Disappeared persons Fiction PR6112.Y534 P76 2023 9780861545896 231103 20250828080034.0 991107406609506196