Golden Child
From the Booker prize longlisted author of Love Forms
Published on 3. October 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-571-33982-2 (ISBN)
Description
WINNER OF THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE
WINNER OF THE AUTHORS' CLUB FIRST NOVEL AWARD
WINNER OF THE MCKITTERICK PRIZE 2020
WINNER OF BARNES & NOBLE'S DISCOVER NEW WRITERS PRIZE
ONE OF THE BBC'S '100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD'
'So hard to put down.' Daily Mail
'The work of a master . . . tender, ravishing, shattering.' Guardian
'Startling . . . Remarkable.' Economist
One father. Two sons. An impossible choice.
When thirteen-year-old Paul doesn't return home one afternoon, even his twin brother, Peter, doesn't know where he is. So their father, Clyde, must set out into the dark Trinidadian bush with a torch, to search for him on foot. And when the reasons for Paul's disappearance become clear, Clyde will be faced with a terrible decision. How does a father choose between his children? How does he weigh up what each one is worth? Which one is the golden child?
WINNER OF THE AUTHORS' CLUB FIRST NOVEL AWARD
WINNER OF THE MCKITTERICK PRIZE 2020
WINNER OF BARNES & NOBLE'S DISCOVER NEW WRITERS PRIZE
ONE OF THE BBC'S '100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD'
'So hard to put down.' Daily Mail
'The work of a master . . . tender, ravishing, shattering.' Guardian
'Startling . . . Remarkable.' Economist
One father. Two sons. An impossible choice.
When thirteen-year-old Paul doesn't return home one afternoon, even his twin brother, Peter, doesn't know where he is. So their father, Clyde, must set out into the dark Trinidadian bush with a torch, to search for him on foot. And when the reasons for Paul's disappearance become clear, Clyde will be faced with a terrible decision. How does a father choose between his children? How does he weigh up what each one is worth? Which one is the golden child?
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Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 199 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
221 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-571-33982-2 (9780571339822)
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E-Book
01/2019
Faber & Faber
€10.99
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Person
Claire Adam was born and raised in Trinidad and Tobago. She was educated in the US and now lives in London with her husband and two children. Golden Child is her first novel.