Golden Child

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?