White Lotus stars Meghann Fahy and Leo Woodall kept romance private over fears they would 'disrupt the show' That is the genius of Benjamin Wood. He lets us in on the arc of the story right away yet he still rachets up the tension and suspense so tightly that at times, it’s next to impossible to exhale. This is a psychological character study, a story of a boy—now a man—who went on a journey with his father, estranged from the family, with the hope that he will prove his constancy, and instead, finds himself in a situation that few sane people could hope to endure. Doctor Who 60th Anniversary: Viewers laud Yasmin Finney's debut after she steals the show as Donna Noble's transgender daughter Rose The book is told from the point of view of twelve year old Daniel, who is on a road trip with his father, travelling north to visit a film set his father works at. Thanks to this series Daniel has formed a bond with his estranged father, and he's obsessed with it. That's why his mother reluctantly agreed to this road trip. Slowly, the author reveals the relationship between the characters and unveils the father's erratic, unreliable and unpredictable personality.

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The Bear star Jeremy Allen White reunites with estranged wife Addison Timlin to treatdaughters Ezer, 4, and Dolores, 2, to family fun at a park in LA It’s all a teaser for the novel’s big curveball, when someone rings Willa saying an ex-girlfriend of her son, Sean, has been shot in Baltimore and needs help looking after her young daughter. They have one shared interest, The Artifex, a children's TV program where Fran works on set, and Daniel has been promised special access to the studio. But with every passing mile, the layers of Fran's mendacity and desperation are exposed, pushing him to acts of violence that will define the rest of his son's life. From luxury skincare to must-have make-up collections - get Christmas all wrapped up with dream gifts they'll loveTenderly dissecting the limits of love between parent and child while wriggling with a rich, thrilling tension, this palpably atmospheric story found its way beneath my skin and now lives there. Tell anyone who’ll listen, Benjamin Wood is one of the best novelists in Britain. David Whitehouse, author of About a Son The changing face of Doctor Who and his companions: Your ultimate guide to every Time Lord for the 60th anniversary

I can't pretend to understand what all my parents arguments were about, or who was to blame for starting them. Hindsight makes it easy to link every problem in their marriage to my father, bur perhaps this is too simplistic a view to take -- because, despite what happened in the end, and all his cruelty, can it really be that he was responsible for each defective moment in their life together?" Leaving your beauty routine out in the cold? Three beauty experts on the skin, hair and nail tips they're giving their celebrity clients this winter Full of suspense and beautifully written, superbly imagined and constructed . . . A terrifically gripping and playful book' Sunday TimesQuite surprisingly those events do not bring the story to a conclusion and the remaining 20% of the book takes us on a psychological exploration of memory, frustration and irresolution. How and why do we remember things the way we do? Why do we all remember events slightly differently?

Since making the critics stand to attention with the narrative force of first The Bellwether Revivals then The Ecliptic , Benjamin Wood has been very much a novelist to watch. And his third novel is the best yet. Exploring the bond between father and son and the persistent, purifying power of childhood trauma, A Station on the Path to Somewhere Better is an unsettling, evocative story of self-acceptance and reconciliation. Culture Whisper James Middleton pushes his newborn son Inigo in his pram as he and wife Alizee Thevenet are spotted Christmas shopping A novel written from the gut, and with a correspondingly visceral power. A superbly unsettling account of trauma and cautious recovery’ SARAH WATERS Benjamin Wood is one of the hottest young British novelists. His gripping third book is about a father and son road trip — a week of aching unease that climaxes in horror... Francis is a masterly creation; mercurial, charming — and a monster poised on a knife edge. Tom Learmont, Sunday Times(ZA) It’s not particularly easy to talk about this book in a critical way without some significant plot spoilers, so if you intend to read it and you don’t want to know specifically what happens, look away! If you don’t think you’ll read it but you want my opinions on it anyway, for some reason, or if you don’t mind knowing some details of the promised violence before opening the book, read on.Devon Windsor sets pulses racing as she flashes her toned tummy while in bikinis from her swimwear brand... after welcoming two kids Gigi Hadid DELETES 'anti-Semitic' post claiming Israel is 'only country that keeps children as prisoners of war' - while Israeli kids are still kept captive by Hamas As the scales fall from Daniel’s eyes after one letdown too many, a story that begins as a poignant, coming-of-age tale spirals almost imperceptibly into harrowing terror. There are also letters from Daniel’s brother, a soldier in Pakistan, and segments following a gardener named Oily Wragge, whose cheeky-chappy narration revisiting World War I gives the uneasy sense of de Bernieres slumming it. The acclaimed author of The Ecliptic, Benjamin Wood writes a novel of exceptional force and beauty about the bond between fathers and sons, about the invention and reconciliation of self – weaving a haunting story of violence and love.