Prophet Song won the Booker Prize in 2023, and is a searing and breathtaking novel about Ireland descending into fascism and tyranny. It's all too believable and terrifying in light of the rise of the far-right in many parts of the world. The story is told from the perspective of an ordinary family woman in Dublin, whose union organiser husband has disappeared. What happens over the course of the next few weeks is devastating, as society collapses and nothing is certain. An extraordinary book.