'My favourite novel and one I wish I'd written.' ALAN BENNETT
Winner of the McKitterick Prize for best first novel by an author aged over 40, and the Hawthornden Prize for imaginative literature.
Everyone craves retirement from the Civil Service, don't they? That time for an ageing patriarch to enjoy the fruits of a well-earned pension and the respect of his family; maybe even to indulge in a love of music halls and metropolitan life. If only people would listen and do as they were told…
His fourth son William, the long-suffering narrator, is the constant butt of his father's jokes and victim of his brothers' indifference. But as death, divorce and other darker dramas follow, father and son slowly establish a strange harmony.
| ISBN: | 9780008619176 |
| Publication date: | 20th July 2023 |
| Author: | Andrew Barrow |
| Publisher: | HarperCollinsPublishers an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 240 pages |
| Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary Satirical fiction and parodies Narrative theme: Coming of age Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss Modern and Contemporary Fiction Family Drama |