Product Description
The Boys
Author: Leo Robson
Format: Paperback
A New Statesman 25 best books to read in 2025.
London, 2012. Johnny Voghel is stuck. He has a dead-end job at a small university and a wilting relationship and is grieving the death of his parents. When his half-brother Lawrence returns to the old family home from Chicago after a period of estrangement, Johnny decides to do everything he can to win back his affection. It’s a quest he pursues with the help of Lawrence’s childhood sweetheart and a pair of mysterious and seductive students adrift in the city during the height of Olympics fever.
A generational saga that takes place over a fortnight, and a comedy about confusion and loss, The Boys follows Johnny as he revisits old grievances, cultivates new friendships – and tries to take control of his fate.
‘Summer days and new relationships are rendered with a grace that is lyrical at times but also ironic and comic, in a tone perfectly-pitched’ — Colm Tóibín
‘Compelling, vibrant, and dazzling’ — Brandon Taylor, Booker shortlisted author of Real Life
‘Very human, very real but also, fundamentally, extremely fun to read’ — Rebecca Watson, author of Little Scratch
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