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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?

©2019 Claire Adam (P)2019 Faber & Faber Caribbean Creators Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Destiny
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Truly authentic and nostalgic story. The narrator was engaging but the Trinidadian accent needed some improvement.

Authentic storyline.

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Good story, interesting. However, I was so distracted by the diluted Jamaican accent being portrayed as a Trini accent that I sometimes struggled to focus on the storyline.

The narrator's accent threw me off

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I loved this book, as I grew up in Trinidad, but unfortunately the narrators accent was not good and he mispronounced several words, including many place names.

Beautiful book, but wrong accent

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Loved this book. In the morning on the way in to work I dallied so I could hear more and couldn't wait to get to my car in the evening so I could get back to it. So we'll written, so evocative of the country and the culture. Shock, sadness and hurt like these were real lives. Highly recommend.

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This novel the author captures an aspect of Trinidadian society experiences and the sacrifices that are often made that are never considered or planned for.

It brought back some many memories for me and what is familiar by identifying with the some of the characters.

The narrator did a good job but he reads the dialect speech with a Jamaican accent not a Trinidadian which took away from the line delivery in some instances.

A Very good read

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