Everything you need to understand or teach Prophet Song by Lynch Paul.
In Paul Lynch's dystopian novel Prophet Song, Eilish Stack's otherwise ordinary life begins to crumble when her husband Larry is detained by the National Alliance Party's secret police force. In the wake of Larry's disappearance, Eilish attempts to keep her family together and to protect her children in spite of Ireland's growing political turmoil. Written from the third person point of view and toying with language and form, the novel explores themes including loss, power, and freedom.