Description
What goes on behind closed doors? Hows Your Father tells the story of four generations of one Hackney family on a rollercoaster ride of drugs, violence, sickness, infidelity and the redeeming joys of motherhood.
About the Author
Rose Boyt was born and lives in London. As a child she lived on a sailing ship taking cargoes round Scandanavia and then emigrated to Trinidad, from where the family was repatriated. She has lived in London ever since. She is the author of two other novels.
Reviews
Rose's book is a tour de force, a sustained piece of brilliant writing... harrowing, funny, heart-breaking and ultimately, despite its bleakness, a celebration of the human spirit.
Brilliant... I read it with sustained delight and admiration.
Rose Boyt writes with a vivid physical immediacy that can take the breath away. She is an original, with her own strange magic. * The Independent *
Boyt's language is poetic; her descriptions are vivid, often painful but always lively. * Publishers Weekly *
There's a sensual, pictorial clarity to Ms. Boyt's writing. * New York Times *
Book Information
ISBN 9781780721477
Author Rose Boyt
Format Hardback
Page Count 288
Imprint Short Books Ltd
Publisher Octopus Publishing Group
Weight(grams) 396g
Dimensions(mm) 218mm * 138mm * 26mm
About the Author
Rose Boyt was born and lives in London. As a child she lived on a sailing ship taking cargoes round Scandanavia and then emigrated to Trinidad, from where the family was repatriated. She has lived in London ever since. She is the author of two other novels.
Reviews
Rose's book is a tour de force, a sustained piece of brilliant writing... harrowing, funny, heart-breaking and ultimately, despite its bleakness, a celebration of the human spirit.
Brilliant... I read it with sustained delight and admiration.
Rose Boyt writes with a vivid physical immediacy that can take the breath away. She is an original, with her own strange magic. * The Independent *
Boyt's language is poetic; her descriptions are vivid, often painful but always lively. * Publishers Weekly *
There's a sensual, pictorial clarity to Ms. Boyt's writing. * New York Times *
Book Information
ISBN 9781780721477
Author Rose Boyt
Format Hardback
Page Count 288
Imprint Short Books Ltd
Publisher Octopus Publishing Group
Weight(grams) 396g
Dimensions(mm) 218mm * 138mm * 26mm
