The judges called Mayo writer’s Wild Houses ‘a propulsive, darkly comic account of misadventure in a small Irish town’
is one of three debuts on the 13-strong longlist for the prestigious £50,000 prize, which was awarded last year to Irish author
“One of the true markers of the novels that we have chosen is that we feel they are necessary books, fiction that has made a space in our hearts and that we want to see find a place in the reading lives of many others. To reach the end of a novel and to be deeply moved and be unable to work out quite how that has happened is a great gift.
Themes of exile, displacement, identity and belonging feature frequently. Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood follows a woman who leaves her life behind to take refuge in an isolated nunnery in New South Wales., the first Native American author to be nominated, considers the devastating long-term effects of his people’s dislocation and forced assimilation.
Four Irish authors were longlisted last year and one this year is a disappointing return. Sally Rooney’s Intermezzo, Caoilinn Hughes’ The Alternatives, Kevin Barry’s The Heart in Winter, Niamh Mulvey’s The Amendments and Ferdia Lennon’s Glorious Exploits were all strong contenders.
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