The Boyhood of Cain - 'A new literary star is born . . . dazzling.' The Times

Danny''s father is the headmaster of his school. Danny is sure that this makes him important, but none of the other children appreciate his special status. And every time he mentions it, they turn away. Apart from the new boy, Philip, who surprises Danny by wanting to be friends. But then Danny''s father loses his job, they move away and he is shut off from the world he knew. Worse still, his parents can''t help as they have both retreated into their own troubles. Danny understands that he is the one who must bring everyone back together, but he gets it wrong every time he tries.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Michael Amherst has been published in the Guardian, New Statesman, the Spectator, The White Review and Contrappasso magazine. His book-length essay, Go the Way Your Blood Beats, won the 2019 Stonewall Nonfiction Prize. He is also the winner of the 2020 Hubert Butler Essay Prize and was shortlisted for the Observer/Anthony Burgess Prize for Arts. His short fiction has been longlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award and shortlisted for the Bridport Prize, and has featured at Stroud Short Stories, the inaugural London LitCrawl and the Accidental Festival at London's Roundhouse. The Boyhood of Cain is his first novel.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Michael Amherst
• Verlag: Faber & Faber
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheint: 12.02.2026
• EAN: 9780571387618
• ISBN: 978-0-571-38761-8
• Seiten: 256
• Themen: FICTION / Coming of Age, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Fiction: special features, FICTION / Family Life / General, FICTION / Literary, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Family life fiction / Stories about family