Synopsis
'A humane, humorous and ultimately extremely moving novel' Guardian
'A darkly comic, deeply moving and thoroughly modern father-son love story' Mail on Sunday
'Funny, moving, disturbing and beautifully written' Adam Kay
'Tremendously moving, fiercely intelligent and very, very funny' Paul Murray
Louis Lasker loves his family dearly – apart from when he doesn’t. There’s a lot of history. His father’s marriages, his mother’s death; one brother in exile, another in denial; everything said, everything unsaid. And now his father has taken a decision which threatens to blow the family apart.
We join the Laskers for what might be their final days together. One last chance to fix things. It’s a matter of life and death . . .
Details
08 March 2018
432 pages
9780330463539
Imprint: Picador
Reviews
“Funny, moving, disturbing and beautifully written – this is a genuinely important and timely book.”Adam Kay, bestselling author of This is Going to Hurt
“A thing of consummate beauty. You should all be reading it. So sort your lives out, people. That’s all.”The Secret Barrister
“An outstanding novel – tremendously moving, fiercely intelligent and very, very funny, even when it's breaking your heart”Paul Murray, author of Skippy Dies
“There are books that change your life and there are books that seem to be your life, Let Go My Hand manages to be both and more. Full of shining truths, this is a stylish and properly laugh-out-loud funny book that also had me choking back tears in public - a book that breathes pathos and joy into every page, a book that rubs wit and wisdom into the most tender wounds of love. I had to read many passages out loud to those that I care about the most in the world. If art is the holding in balance of the powers of love, sex and death, then this is a truly supreme work of art”Ian Kelly, author of Mr Foote's Other Leg
