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Jennifer Johnston
Jennifer Johnston

Irish novelist whose slim, elegant novels explore Anglo-Irish decline and Protestant identity with quiet precision. How Many Miles to Babylon? is her most celebrated work. She has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize.

More by Jennifer Johnston

  • How Many Miles to BabylonNovel of Irish aristocrats during World War I, friendship, and tragic loss→
  • The Captains and the KingsNovel exploring an Irish family's decay across generations in their ancestral estate→
  • Shadows on Our SkinNovel set during the Troubles following a boy and his mother in Belfast→
  • The Christmas TreeNovel set during World War II exploring family trauma and memory→
  • How Many Miles to Babylon?Coming-of-age novel following two Irish boys on the eve of World War I→
  • The Old JestNovel of love and revolution in eighteenth-century Ireland→

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