AbundanceJakob GuanzonLabel: Dialogue BooksDescription: LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTIONSELECTED BY THE TELEGRAPH AS ONE OF THE FOUR BEST DEBUTS OF THE YEAR'A tense yet tender portrait of a father and son trying to escape life on the margin. Determination and despair collide in this unforgettable debut with an ending that broke my heart' Douglas Stuart Booker Prize-winning author of Shuggie BainEvicted from their trailer on New Year's Eve Henry and his son Junior have been reduced to living out of a pick-up truck. Six months later things are even more desperate. Henry barely a year out of prison for selling drugs is down to his last pocketful of cash and little remains between him and the street. But hope is on the horizon: today is Junior's birthday and Henry has a job interview tomorrow.To celebrate Henry treats Junior to dinner at McDonald's followed by a night in a real bed at a discount hotel. For a moment as Junior watches TV and Henry practises for his interview in the bathtub all seems well. But after Henry has a disastrous altercation in the parking lot and Junior succumbs to a fever father and son are sent into the night struggling to hold things together.Each chapter of this deeply emotional and compassionate novel begins with amount of money in Henry's pocket showing how literally father and son's fortunes can turn on a dime. Can they make it through tomorrow?Praise for Abundance:'Full of beauty honesty and unexpected grace.' Gary Shteyngart'A quest a page-turner and above all a love story Abundance lays bare one father's brutal tender hustle to care for his son in a winner-takes-all world.' Mia Alvar'Tender anxious angry and beautiful.' Mark Doten
