Sebastian Barry

Books on prize lists

• The Secret Scripture

  Written in English

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  Booker 2008 · Shortlist

  The Secret Scripture

  The Secret Scripture

  Sebastian Barry · 53 when first published

  Novel · 300 pages · Historical, Family

  AIAI-generated summary:Nearing her hundredth year and confined for decades to a mental hospital in Roscommon, Roseanne McNulty secretly writes the story of her life, while her psychiatrist tries to find out why she was committed.

• A Long Long Way

  Written in English

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  Booker 2005 · Shortlist

  A Long Long Way

  A Long Long Way

  Sebastian Barry · 50 when first published

  Novel · 304 pages · War, Historical, Coming of age

  AIAI-generated summary:In 1914 a Dublin boy of barely eighteen leaves home and his sweetheart to fight for the British Army against the Germans, while in Ireland tensions build towards the Easter Rising.