The Fathers

Paperback Published on: 04/06/2026
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Synopsis

'Very funny'Guardian
'Inkwell black and surprisingly tender' ADAM KAY
'Outrageous' MARINA HYDE
'A blockbusting explosion of toxic masculinity' Spectator

In a busy maternity ward, first-time father Dan meets Jada, a dad welcoming his fifth - no, sixth? - child into the world. But Dan and Jada come from very different places: both called Glasgow. Dan is a successful TV writer with a townhouse in the West End and a shiny Tesla ready to drive his wife and baby home. Jada is a hustling, small-time criminal who is already planning how to separate Dan from some of the luxuries Jada has never been able to enjoy in his tiny flat in a Brutalist sixties council block.

When a tragedy occurs, Dan and Jada's worlds are brought closer than either could ever have imagined - close enough that it could mean destruction for both of them . . .

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Canongate Books
  • ISBN: 9781837261123
  • Number of pages: 368
  • Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 21 mm
  • Weight: 253g
  • Languages: English