24th August 2024

Another successful “it looked pretty in the pile in the bookshop” find for me. This novel tells the story of the titular character and his father, from traumatic birth to traumatic adulthood.

I was expecting something perhaps a little more fantastical, but while there are a few elements of that this is mostly a tragedy. It’s well constructed, well written, and really engaging.

I think what I enjoyed the most was the secondary characters, and how they flit in and out of the story, all with their own desires and relationships and things that are going on just out of the main characters sight. I also liked the style of the narrative, seeing different characters, sometimes in their own words.

All round a good read, and I’m planning to pick up the author’s next book soon.

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