Group Discussion: The Good Son by Paul McVeigh
Fri 23 Feb 2024 3:30 PM – 4:45 PM, Chichester Library Belfast
Paul McVeigh is an author and writer of plays, short stories, comedy performed on stage, radio and television. His debut novel, The Good Son, won The Polari First Novel Prize, The McCrea Literary Award and was shortlisted for many others including the Prix de Roman Cezam.
‘The Belfast author’s spirited debut delivers a real sense of a broken family living in a broken society… well drawn and affecting… poignant… convincing… alarmingly real.’ The Irish Times
‘A first novel of beautiful generosity, poignant in the delicate manner in which he evokes the brutality of an era. A striking fresco, mixing historical upheavals and hardships of a family shattered.’ Le Monde
Winner of The Polari First Novel Prize
‘A triumph of storytelling. An absolute gem.’ Donal Ryan
‘Raw, funny and endlessly entertaining’. Jonathan Coe
The Good Son 