“Stands with the best queer literary fiction of a historical bent, illuminated as it is by Gale's devilish wit and talent for both social observation and intricacies of character”
— Sydney Morning Herald
“A wonderful novel about relationships, particularly between a mother and son. A compelling read, beautifully crafted and sensitively written”
— Irish Examiner
“A deeply moving novel. The portrait of a complex relationship that constricted as much as it sustained is brilliantly done”
— The Tablet
“A characteristically tender novel about a young man growing up in the shadow of one war and the whispers of the next”
— Observer
“A wonderful novel - a touching, utterly convincing portrait of the nascent artist”
— Mail on Sunday
“Tender, evocative”
— TLS
“Richly engaging”
— Spectator
Mother's Boy
Year
2022
Pages
406
Praise
“Stands with the best queer literary fiction of a historical bent, illuminated as it is by Gale's devilish wit and talent for both social observation and intricacies of character”
— Sydney Morning Herald
“A wonderful novel about relationships, particularly between a mother and son. A compelling read, beautifully crafted and sensitively written”
— Irish Examiner
“A deeply moving novel. The portrait of a complex relationship that constricted as much as it sustained is brilliantly done”
— The Tablet
“A characteristically tender novel about a young man growing up in the shadow of one war and the whispers of the next”
— Observer
“A wonderful novel - a touching, utterly convincing portrait of the nascent artist”
— Mail on Sunday
“Tender, evocative”
— TLS
“Richly engaging”
— Spectator
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