Inheritance
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Publishing:27th May '27
£18.99
This title is due to be published on 27th May, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
When a headache refuses to lift and his father’s hidden past comes to light, a writer in midlife must reckon with the mysteries of illness, ageing and family
Inheritance is the story of midlife. It’s about a writer who gets a headache that won’t go away. It’s about his father’s shocking revelation and its devastating consequences. It’s the story of the end of one marriage while another family begins. It’s about the failures of the body and the struggle with IVF, as well as the joys of parenting a daughter and the bliss of domestic happiness. It’s the story of facing up to mortality while also embracing life.
And because this is a book about midlife, it’s about all of these things happening at the same time.
Compelling, intimate and moving, Inheritance is a novel about everything we inherit and everything we lose as we live our lives – and how we learn to hold on to all that is precious.
Adam Thirlwell has written the story of his suffering body. He has also written the story of his suffering family. And he has seen that both are in fact the same, which he tells in an audacious and searing book. -- Emmanuel Carrère
Adam Thirlwell's new novel is shocking and tender. It displays rare wisdom and vulnerability. What emerges from this story of treachery and duplicity is not only a broken family but the portrait of the artist as a loving husband and father, a loyal and loving son, and a novelist who writes beautifully -- Colm Tóibín
ISBN: 9781787336889
Dimensions: 222mm x 138mm x 40mm
Weight: 500g
304 pages