2008 James Tait Black Memorial Prize – Fiction Winner

The Secret Scripture: A Novel
Sebastian Barry
Nearing her one-hundredth birthday, Roseanne McNulty faces an uncertain future, as the Roscommon Regional Mental hospital where she’s spent the best part of her adult life prepares for closure. Over the weeks leading up to this upheaval, she talks often wi…
2008 James Tait Black Memorial Prize – Fiction Shortlist

A Case of Exploding Mangoes: A Novel
Mohammed Hanif

A Mercy: A Novel
Toni Morrison

Pilcrow
Adam Mars-Jones
