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Edition 98 (2016)

FictionBiographyDrama

Winners

3 people
Eimear McBride えいみあ・まくぶらいど Winner

Set in 1990s London, this novel follows a young Irish woman and an older actor in a love story that reveals both growth and damage.

The heat and uncertainty of love build against the backdrop of a vivid city.

320 pages
Londonlovecoming of ageloneliness
Laura Cumming ろーら・かみんぐ Winner

An art-history nonfiction book that follows John Snare’s obsession with a lost Velázquez painting and the long pursuit it set in motion.

An obsession with a missing painting changes a bookseller’s life and leads into a larger story of art and ruin.

304 pages
art historybiographyobsessionnineteenth century
David Ireland でいゔぃっど・あいらんど Winner

A play centered on a Belfast loyalist, drawing out political paranoia and the strain within a family.

In dialogue that mixes humor with paranoia, clashing memories and loyalties are laid bare.

106 pages
playNorthern Irelandpoliticsfamily