"With great vividness, Prophet Song captures the social and political anxieties of our current moment," she said. "Readers will find it soul-shattering and true, and will not soon forget its warnings."
"This was not an easy book to write," Lynch said after collecting his award, which comes with 50,000 (around $63,000) and a huge boost to his profile. "The rational part of me believed I was dooming my career by writing this novel. Though I had to write the book anyway. We do not have a choice in such matters."
Canadian novelist Esi Edugyan, who chaired the five-person judging panel, called the story "a triumph of emotional storytelling, bracing and brave".
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