'Sweeping and sharply-observed . . . Farrell moves effortlessly between time and location and his writing is gorgeous and at times wickedly funny. A deeply impressive book' Louise Kennedy, author of Trespasses
Escaping a terrible predicament, Suzanne flees her native France with her infant son, Adam. In England she marries and has another boy, Rickie. Although a comfortable family life provides her with much-needed stability, Suzanne remains a fish out of water.
Adam and Rickie have very different ideas of what it is to be a man. But Suzanne's mother is dying, and she wants to bring her family on one last trip to France to say goodbye. Thrown together, the brothers' priorities align, and they begin to find common ground - until one act changes everything. As the family unravels, Rickie's wife, Elle, bears the brunt of a deadly sibling rivalry.
Told in a series of candid snapshots, The Best Boy in the World is a mesmerising album of one family's implosion, and what it takes to overcome the legacy of generational trauma.
Genre: Literary Fiction
Escaping a terrible predicament, Suzanne flees her native France with her infant son, Adam. In England she marries and has another boy, Rickie. Although a comfortable family life provides her with much-needed stability, Suzanne remains a fish out of water.
Adam and Rickie have very different ideas of what it is to be a man. But Suzanne's mother is dying, and she wants to bring her family on one last trip to France to say goodbye. Thrown together, the brothers' priorities align, and they begin to find common ground - until one act changes everything. As the family unravels, Rickie's wife, Elle, bears the brunt of a deadly sibling rivalry.
Told in a series of candid snapshots, The Best Boy in the World is a mesmerising album of one family's implosion, and what it takes to overcome the legacy of generational trauma.
Genre: Literary Fiction
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