"With The Boyhood of Cain, a star is born." 📖 ⭐
Me on Michael Amherst's debut novel of exceptional poise and confidence.👇 It has the surface calmness, inner turbulence, understated emotion and muted wit of JM Coetzee, and the most affecting ending I've read in ages.
thetimes.com
Most debut novels are ho-hum, but this one is gosh-wow
A literary star is born: The Boyhood of Cain by Michael Amherst is a dazzling coming-of-age story about a sensitive boy
