by Tom Reiss
First published 2020
Nine-year-old Liam's life is upended when his father, a charismatic but unstable man, vanishes without a trace. Liam and his mother struggle to move on, only for his father to suddenly reappear years later, a changed and troubled man. As Liam navigates the return of this complex figure, he must confront the trauma of his childhood and decide whether to embrace or reject his father's legacy.
Genres: literary-fiction, contemporary, psychological-thriller, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, unreliable-narrator
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
340 pages · Paperback · Independently published
Content warnings: mental-illness