2008 International Dublin Literary Award – Novel Winner and Nominees

De Niro’s Game

Rawi Hage

De Niro’s Game is the stunning winner of the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the very first novel by up-and-coming Lebanese literary star Rawi Hage, also author of Cockroach. Bassam and George are childhood best friends who have grown up on the Christian s…

Andreï Makine

The Woman Who Waited (translated from French by Geoffrey Strachan)

Dreams of Speaking

Gail Jones

Let It Be Morning (translated from Hebrew by Miriam Shlesinger)

Sayed Kashua

The Attack (translated from French by John Cullen)

Yasmina Khadra

The Speed of Light (translated from Spanish by Anne McLean)

Javier Cercas

The Sweet & Simple Kind

Yasmine Gooneratne

Winterwood

Patrick McCabe