A Shock
James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction · 2021 · Winner
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction | 2021 | Winner |
About This Book
Keith Ridgway's third novel is a formally disorienting work built from linked stories set in a single unnamed city, following a network of characters connected by urban proximity and chance. Dark, funny, and philosophically unsettled, A Shock explores queerness, mortality, urban estrangement, and the permeability of self. It won the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction in 2021.
About the Author
Keith Ridgway is an Irish novelist born in Dublin in 1965. He studied at University College Dublin and has lived in London for many years. His novels include The Long Falling (1998), The Parts (2003), Animals (2006), and Hawthorn & Child (2012). Read more →
