The House of the Rising Son by Jonathan Gershfield (.ePUB)
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The House of the Rising Son by Jonathan Gershfield
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Overview: A debut novel from an established British TV comedy director. Parts of the book are loosely based on a series of autobiographical articles the author wrote for The Times Saturday magazine on the traumas of mid-life.
Alex Feinstein’s life is in free-fall. His career has tanked. His wife has left him. And he’s at war with his 15-year-old son. To cap it all, he’s just had a frightening diagnosis. At the end of his tether – literally – he’s about to hang himself from the living-room ceiling when his distraught ex calls to say their son’s been kidnapped at Glasto. The gang is demanding a hefty ransom, and if the cops get involved, Fred’s toast.
But who are these people – and why have they targeted Fred? With renewed sense of purpose and nothing to lose, Alex wriggles out of his makeshift noose and embarks on a frantic mission to rescue the boy – and who knows? – perhaps even himself.
The House of the Rising Son is a dark comic odyssey through the converging traumas of mid-life and adolescence, with a fresh look at family dynamics through the post #MeToo male prism.
Genre: Fiction > General Fiction/Classics
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