Synopsis
In 1983, an ordinary teenager called Daniel Rathbone fell in love, spurned a friend, and stumbled on the ability to see in the dark. On his twenty-fifth birthday, Daniel is bequeathed a second no less unusual gift - a Victorian writing box, the legacy of his father and the repository of his youthful secrets, and of his current feelings of...
Details
28 June 2012288 pages
9781447229087Imprint: Picador
Reviews
‘An insightful exploration of memory, death and parenthood . . . a consistently fine use of language and an acute sensitivity to how the emotional contours of a family flex and are disrupted by events . . . [Eaves] has written that most honest of books: a coming-of-age novel the central perception of which is that one never really does’ Economist
‘Eaves simply does not put a foot wrong. His astonishing debut is clever, funny, dirty and moving. First novels don’t come much better than this’ Evening Standard
‘The novel captures perfectly the cusp of maturity at which self-consciousness becomes self-awareness . . . [Eaves’] warm appraisal of fallibility, motive and mishap make for a promising debut’ Guardian
‘This quirky, touching novel marks an accomplished debut from Will Eaves. It’s a complex narrative which deals with questions of parenthood, friendship, and love written with a light, assured touch . . . packed with incident and observation . . . a well-written story which lingers in the mind’ Herald
