![]() ![]() ![]() The judges praised the “precise and unwavering” story of “a good man and his ordinary life” and how the decision he makes “unlocks major, present questions about social care, women’s lives and collective morality.” He was joined by writer, translator and lecturer Dennis Duncan, writer and editor Sana Goyal and Costa book award winner Monique Roffey. Keegan, who lives in County Wexford, Ireland, was chosen as the winner by a panel chaired by novelist and professor Adam Roberts. Small Things Like These is set in an Irish town in the weeks leading up to Christmas 1985, and focuses on Bill Furlong, a coal and timber merchant confronted with an ethical dilemma. However, because of their “wit, elegance and compassion”, both books “also help us think about the choices we make, and how to make the future better”, she added. ![]() Jean Seaton, director of the Orwell Foundation, said the winners have, “in very different ways, written gripping stories about things that should alarm us: there are awful truths right at the heart of our societies and systems”. ![]()
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