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Winner, Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction, 2014Winner, Desmond Elliott Prize, 2014Winner, Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year, 2014Winner, Goldsmiths Prize, 2013Finalist for the Folio PrizeShortlisted for the Dylan Thomas PrizeNPR's Best Books of 2014The New York Times Book Review 100 Notable Books of 2014#3 on Time Out New York's 10 best books of 2014Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, and Library Journal's Best Books of 2014Boston Globe Best Fiction of 2014Chicago Tribune Printers Row Journal Best Books of 2014Star Tribune Best Fiction of 2014Electric Literature 25 Best Novels of 2014Largehearted Boy Favorite Novels of 2014"Eimear McBride is a writer of remarkable power and originality."—The Times Literary Supplement"An instant classic."—The Guardian"It's hard to imagine another narrative that would justify this way of telling, but perhaps McBride can build another style from scratch for another style of story.
About the Author
Eimear McBride studied acting at Drama Centre London. Her debut novel 'A Girl is a Half-formed Thing' won the inaugural Goldsmiths Prize, Irish Novel of the Year, the Bailey's Prize for Women's Fiction, The Desmond Elliott Prize and the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Award. Her second novel 'The Lesser Bohemians' won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and was shortlisted for many others. She is the inaugural holder of the Beckett Research Centre's Creative Fellowship at the University of Reading. She writes and reviews for the Guardian, New Statesman and the Times Literary Supplement and she lives in London.
