Mistaken by Neil Jordan
Kevin Thunder grew up with a double – a boy so uncannily like him that they were mistaken for each other at every turn. Though divided, like the city itself, by background and class, the boys exchange identities when it suits them, each acting the part of the other one, but as they reach adulthood, what started as a childhood game descends into something more sinister.
Neil Jordan’s long-awaited novel offers imaginative entertainment of the highest order.
Also shortlisted:
Solace by Belinda McKeon
On Canaan’s Side by Sebastian Barry
The Cold Eye of Heaven by Christine Dwyer Hickey
City of Bohane by Kevin Barry
The Forgotten Waltz by Anne Enright
A Ghost in the Throat
