Booth

"A major new novel from million-copy bestselling author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves_x000D_
LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022_x000D_
A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE MONTH_x000D_
AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 OPEN BOOK_x000D_
'Accomplished, immersive and profoundly satisfying' Cathy Rentzenbrink_x000D_
'Effortlessly resonant ... breathes rich imaginative colour in her characters' Daily Telegraph_x000D_
From the million-copy bestselling author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves comes an epic novel about the infamous, ill-fated Booth family._x000D_
SIX BROTHERS AND SISTERS. ONE INJUSTICE THAT WILL SHATTER THEIR BOND FOREVER._x000D_
Junius is the patriarch, a celebrated Shakespearean actor who fled bigamy charges in England, both a mesmerising talent and a man of terrifying instability. As his children grow up in a remote farmstead in 1830s rural Baltimore, the country draws ever closer to the boiling point of secession and civil war._x000D_
Of the six Booth siblings who survive to adulthood, each has their own dreams they must fight to realise - but it is Johnny who makes the terrible decision that will change the course of history - the assassination of Abraham Lincoln._x000D_
Booth is a riveting novel focused on the very things that bind, and break, a family."_x000D_