WINNER OF THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZEWINNER OF THE AUTHORS'' CLUB FIRST NOVEL AWARDWINNER OF THE MCKITTERICK PRIZE 2020WINNER OF BARNES & NOBLE''S DISCOVER NEW WRITERS PRIZEONE OF THE BBC''S ''100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD''‘So hard to put down.’ Daily Mail‘Startling . . . Remarkable.’ EconomistOne father. Two sons. An impossible choice.When thirteen-year-old Paul doesn''t return home one afternoon, even his twin brother, Peter, doesn''t know where he is. So their father, Clyde, must set out into the dark Trinidadian bush with a torch, to search for him on foot. And when the reasons for Paul''s disappearance become clear, Clyde will be faced with a terrible decision. How does a father choose between his children? How does he weigh up what each one is worth? Which one is the golden child?