Golden Child: Winner of the Desmond Elliot Prize 2019

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?