The Good Son: Winner of The Polari First Book Prize 2016 (Salt Modern Fiction)

Paul McVeigh

ISBN 10: 1784630233 / ISBN 13: 9781784630232

Published by Salt, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Good Son: Winner of The Polari First Book Prize 2016 (Salt Modern Fiction)
• Publisher: Salt
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1784630233
• ISBN 13: 9781784630232
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 220 grams

About this title

Synopsis

Winner of The Polari First Book Prize 2016

Finalist for The People’s Book Prize 2016

Shortlisted for the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award 2016

Chosen for City Reads 2016

Shortlisted for the Guardian Not the Booker prize

ELLE Best Books of 2015

The Reading Agency: Books of 2015

Mickey Donnelly is smart, which isn’t a good thing in his part of town. Despite having a dog called Killer and being in love with the girl next door, everyone calls him ‘gay’. It doesn’t help that his best friend is his little sister, Wee Maggie, and that everyone knows he loves his Ma more than anything in the world. He doesn’t think much of his older brother Paddy and really doesn’t like his Da. He dreams of going to America, taking Wee Maggie and Ma with him, to get them away from Belfast and Da. Mickey realises it’s all down to him. He has to protect Ma from herself. And sometimes, you have to be a bad boy to be a good son.

About the Author

Born in Belfast, Paul began his writing career as a playwright before moving to London where he wrote comedy shows, which were performed at the Edinburgh Festival and in London's West End. His short stories have been published in literary journals and anthologies, read on BBC Radio 5 and commissioned by BBC Radio 4. The Good Son is his first novel.