The Good Son

Winner of The Polari First Book Prize 2016Finalist for The People-s Book Prize 2016Shortlisted for the Authors- Club Best First Novel Award 2016Chosen for City Reads 2016Shortlisted for the Guardian Not the Booker prizeELLE Best Books of 2015The Reading Agency: Books of 2015Mickey Donnelly is smart, which isn-t a good thing in his part of town. Despite having a dog called Killer and being in love with the girl next door, everyone calls him -gay-. It doesn-t help that his best friend is his little sister, Wee Maggie, and that everyone knows he loves his Ma more than anything in the world. He doesn-t think much of his older brother Paddy and really doesn-t like his Da. He dreams of going to America, taking Wee Maggie and Ma with him, to get them away from Belfast and Da. Mickey realises it-s all down to him. He has to protect Ma from herself. And sometimes, you have to be a bad boy to be a good son.