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Fiction, General Fiction

And Sons

David Gilbert (author)

Paperback Published on: 05/06/2014

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In the Style of the Great American Novel

What should have been a quiet family funeral is turned into a sideshow when the deceased's boyhood friend turns up to pay his respects. He is not just any ... READ MORE

June Davies at Northallerton

Fathers & Sons

David Gilbert's second novel '& Sons' follows the life of A. N. Dyer; a Salinger like author of enormous literary success, and his estranged sons. Written ... READ MORE

Cal at Liverpool One

Modern American classic

A wonderful, dark, cynical, engrossing story. The writing is just gorgeous with every word and sentence loaded with meaning and the descriptions wonderfull... READ MORE

Helen Proudman

Fathers & Sons

David Gilbert's second novel '& Sons' follows the life of A. N. Dyer; a Salinger like author of enormous literary success, and his estranged sons. Written ... READ MORE

Cal at Liverpool One

A modern American classic

Once in a while a novel comes along which makes you realise why we read, & Sons is that novel. On 5th Avenue at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Phillip Topping i... READ MORE

Jo Morpeth at Newcastle

Synopsis

Who is A. N. Dyer? For fans of ‘The Art of Fielding’ and ‘Wonder Boys’ – this is the panoramic, deeply affecting story of an iconic novelist and the heartbreaking truths that fiction can hide.

A.N. Dyer is America’s most mysterious literary recluse, his cult book ‘Ampersand’ treasured by angst-ridden adolescents everywhere. But seventeen years ago, the unexpected arrival of a new baby Dyer wrecked the writer’s relationship with his wife and their own teenage sons.

David Gilbert’s astonishing novel is an ingenious, death-defying leap into the life of a giant of literature and a father with one final revelation for his boys – or is it actually just one last fiction?

Publisher information

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780007552818
Number of pages: 448
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 29 mm
Weight: 320g
Languages: English

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Emotionally-refined tale of identity & acceptance

Having heard stellar reviews from the New Yorker about this novel I expected it to be great...and I wasn't disappointed. In David Gilbert's masterpiece we'... READ MORE

Nat M

Good Story, Just missing something

This is my 1st David Gilbert novel that I have read so went in with an open mind. It's about a famous author named A.N.Dyer who after going to the funeral... READ MORE

CBailey31

A beautifully told story, with minor mis-steps

& Sons is the story of legacies - the people and things we leave behind in this world. A. N. Dyer fears many things, but the legacy of his children just th... READ MORE

Mrs Wong

& Sons

& Sons is a story of the relationship between (unsurprisingly, given the title) fathers and their sons. It particularly focuses on the successful but reclu... READ MORE

Hannah Gregory