The Boyhood of Cain

Resumen del libro

A poignant debut novel about a boy on the precipice of adulthood, struggling to understand how he might give and deserve love. Danny's family live in a large house close to the school where his father is headmaster. At school, his father's importance gives Danny certain privileges, but it also sets him apart from his classmates. When a new boy Philip, for whom everything seems easy, arrives, he surprises Danny by wanting to be friends. When he and Philip are invited to work after school with inspiring, artistic teacher Mr. Miller, Danny believes he has found somewhere he can shine. And then Danny's world tilts: his father loses his job, and their house. When he finds himself shut out from Mr. Miller and Philip's world too, his desperation sets him on a course that could lead to the betrayal of all that he loves.

Biografía del autor

Michael Amherst<br><br>Crítico y escritor, nació en Tewkesbury (Inglaterra) y se graduó en la Universidad de Oxford. Sus reseñas y artículos han sido publicados en em The Guardian /em , em New Statesman /em , em Attitude /em y em The Spectator /em , entre otros. Su ensayo em Las intermitencias del deseo /em ganó el Premio Stonewall de No Ficción 2019. Amherst recibió el Premio Hubert Butler de Ensayo 2020 y fue finalista del Premio Observer / Anthony Burgess de Artes 2021. em La infancia de Caín /em , elogiada por la crítica, es su primera novela.