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Ronan Bennett


Ireland (b.1956)

Ronan Bennett is a novelist and screenwriter who was born and brought up in Northern Ireland and now lives in London. His third novel, The Catastrophist, was nominated for the Whibread award in 1998. Havoc, in Its Third Year (2004) was listed for the Booker prize. His latest novel is Zugzwang.
 

 
Series
Top Boy
   1. Top Boy (2023)
   2. Jaq (2024)
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Novels
   The Second Prison (1991)
   Overthrown by Strangers (1992)
   The Catastrophist (1998)
   Havoc (2004)
   Zugzwang (2007)
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Award nominations
2006 Dublin Literary Award (nominee) : Havoc: In Its Third Year
2004 James Tait Black Memorial Prize (nominee) : Havoc: In Its Third Year
2004 Booker Prize (longlist) : Havoc: In Its Third Year
1998 Whitbread Prize for Best Novel (nominee) : The Catastrophist


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Trespasses (2022)
Louise Kennedy
"A deeply impressive novel . . . [Kennedy] writes beautifully about love, awkward love, love between two people who the more censorious in our midst might say have no business being in love . . . It feels true and honest, heartbreaking and tender . . . I love it."
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Sabra Zoo (2010)
Mischa Hiller
"Beautifully told, ambitious and important, this is a debut with something to say."

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