Boyhood : 'A complete triumph' Irvine Welsh - David Keenan Publication Date:09/04/2026 *THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**A

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an unforgettable event when it came to town

Stephen begins to understand - perhaps too late - that love is not a trap

being nudged to switch to green energy doesn't cut carbon

simultaneously a love story

Boyhood : 'A complete triumph' Irvine Welsh - David Keenan Publication Date:09/04/2026 *THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**ACult author David Keenan's most mature, magical and profoundly realised novel yet, centred on a young boy in Glasgow'A challenging, unconventional and daring piece of fiction ' THE INDEPENDENT'Blending emotional sincerity with pulpy pastiche' THE SUNDAY TIMES'Psychedelic post punk fantasia' THE HERALD'A swaggeringly imaginative, polyphonic novel' THE SCOTSMANBoyhood opens in 1979 with the abduction of a young boy outside a Glasgow football ground.