Abundance: Unputdownable and heartbreaking coming-of-age fiction about fathers and sons

"Abundance" is a debut novel that tells the story of a father and son trying to escape life on the margin. It is a tense, yet tender portrait of their struggle, filled with determination and despair. The novel was longlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction and selected by The Telegraph as one of the four best debuts of the year. It is praised for its beauty, honesty, and unexpected grace.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 288 pages
Publication date: 19 January 2023
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

Douglas Stuart's debut novel "Abundance" has been longlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction and selected by The Telegraph as one of the four best debuts of the year. The novel is 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.

Evicted 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 the 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

Weight: 234g
Dimension: 128 x 198 x 31 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780349702711