Irish author Mike McCormack wins €11.5k for one-sentence book Solar Bones

An Irish author who wrote an entire book in a single, novel-length sentence has praised his publisher for being willing to take a risk after it scooped a £10,000 (€11,480) prize.

Mayo-born Mike McCormack won the Goldsmiths Prize 2016 for Solar Bones, which covers just a few hours in the life of Irish engineer Marcus Conway, briefly returned from the dead on All Souls’ Day in 2008.

Mr McCormack thanked Tramp Press for backing him during his “long and difficult adventure” as a writer.