This book was ranked in the top 10 books of 2023 by The New York Times. Winner of the An Post Irish Book of the Year 2023, the 2023 Nero Gold Prize, and the 2023 Nero Book Award for Fiction. Considered for both the 2023 Booker Prize and the 2024 Writers' Prize for Fiction. Nominated as a 2023 Kirkus Prize for Fiction finalist. "One of the crucial reads selected by The New Yorker in 2023." "This book made it to the top ten list of best books for 2023 by The Washington Post. " TIME selected this novel as one of the top 10 fiction books of the year. It was honored as one of the top books of the year by NPR, The Guardian, The Economist, New York Public Library, BBC, and other prestigious sources. Paul Murray's The Bee Sting by the same author as Skippy Dies, is a captivating and humorous exploration of family, wealth, and the quest to maintain morality amidst chaos. The family Barnes is currently facing a crisis. Dickie's car business, which was once profitable, is failing. Nevertheless, Dickie spends his time constructing an apocalypse-resistant shelter in the forest alongside a rebellious handyman. His wife, Imelda, sells her jewelry on eBay, trying to avoid Big Mike, a quick-talking cattle farmer. Meanwhile, their daughter, Cass, once a top student, appears focused on drinking excessively instead of studying for her exams. PJ, a twelve-year-old, is about to run away. To alter this narrative, how distant in the past must you travel? Who ruined Imelda's wedding day by the infamous bee sting? Was Cass born one year before the car crash? Do you remember Dickie at the age of ten, standing in the summer garden with his father, learning the ways of manhood? Paul Murray's new novel, "The Bee Sting," is a captivating masterpiece that showcases postcrash Ireland, a bittersweet family saga, and a gripping narrative on the quest for goodness amidst chaos.
