The Story
The tender, exquisite new novel from the winner of the Orwell Prize for Fiction and the Irish Book of the Year...
āBeautiful, hilarious and completely grippingā RACHEL JOYCE
āDonal Ryan conjures up characters so solid, so complete and authentic, it immediately feels as though you have known them for your entire lifeā JOANNA CANNON
Something terrible has happened to Jack but no one seems to want to talk about it.
His uncles can tell him about everything from quantum physics to how to hunt for deer, but they canāt seem to tell him anything about their own sister or why Jack doesnāt feel sad for her in the way he should, or why Grandad tries to shoot Jackās dad when he gets out of the hospital.
Still, thereās work to be done in the oily wonderland of his unclesā garage; thereās his beautiful aunt Rose to hypnotise him and his loving grandparents to console him; then thereās JJ, who wants to fight him one day and save him the next.
But with so many questions, in a family with so many secrets, it is difficult for Jack to understand the person he is becoming. How can a simple boy learn to become a king?
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'Tender, funny, mysterious and hopeful...Ā a flawless gem'Ā M L Stedman, Sunday Times bestselling author of A Far-flung Life and The Light Between Oceans
'Warm, irreverent and desperately humane.'Ā Jan Carson, author of Few & Far Between
'So arresting, so captivating...a book that makes you look at the world differently, while at the same timeĀ cranking open your heart and letting the whole world pour in.'Ā Annie Mac
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The tender, exquisite new novel from the winner of the Orwell Prize for Fiction and the Irish Book of the Year...
āBeautiful, hilarious and completely grippingā RACHEL JOYCE
āDonal Ryan conjures up characters so solid, so complete and authentic, it immediately feels as though you have known them for your entire lifeā JOANNA CANNON
Something terrible has happened to Jack but no one seems to want to talk about it.
His uncles can tell him about everything from quantum physics to how to hunt for deer, but they canāt seem to tell him anything about their own sister or why Jack doesnāt feel sad for her in the way he should, or why Grandad tries to shoot Jackās dad when he gets out of the hospital.
Still, thereās work to be done in the oily wonderland of his unclesā garage; thereās his beautiful aunt Rose to hypnotise him and his loving grandparents to console him; then thereās JJ, who wants to fight him one day and save him the next.
But with so many questions, in a family with so many secrets, it is difficult for Jack to understand the person he is becoming. How can a simple boy learn to become a king?
____
'Tender, funny, mysterious and hopeful...Ā a flawless gem'Ā M L Stedman, Sunday Times bestselling author of A Far-flung Life and The Light Between Oceans
'Warm, irreverent and desperately humane.'Ā Jan Carson, author of Few & Far Between
'So arresting, so captivating...a book that makes you look at the world differently, while at the same timeĀ cranking open your heart and letting the whole world pour in.'Ā Annie Mac
