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The Bee Sting

by Paul Murray

Publication
First published 2023
ISBNs
9780241353967, 9780374600303, 9780241353950

Picked by Natalie Portman’s book club, October 2025 · Dua Lipa’s Service95 Book Club, February 2025

Booker 2023 · Shortlist

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An unhappy Irish family plumbs the depths of their unhappiness, each in their own way.

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