Out on 18 March 2027
Synopsis
Lion is the story of a father and a daughter. About growing up with the unlikeliest of fathers: a charismatic bon vivant, a polo player, race-car driver, cocaine addict, ex-con, pilot, and skydiver. A minor god who comes down to earth in a grand manner, falling in all the ways there are to fall.
Sonya Walger's stunning piece of autofiction is an emotionally acute palimpsest of a novel, full of drama and incident, love and tragedy. The legend of her father's life and her distinctive and imaginatively charged telling of it make for an engrossing and unforgettable family saga.
Sonya Walger's stunning piece of autofiction is an emotionally acute palimpsest of a novel, full of drama and incident, love and tragedy. The legend of her father's life and her distinctive and imaginatively charged telling of it make for an engrossing and unforgettable family saga.
Details
18 March 2027
176 pages
9781786587473
Imprint: Manilla Press
Reviews
“A beautifully written and ultimately deeply moving book, a powerful debut.”Rumaan Alam, author of Leave the World Behind, Rumaan Alam, author of Leave the World Behind
“A breathtaking novel, dreamlike and courageous, brimming with glamour and disastrous scarcities.”Susie Boyt, author of Loved and Missed, Susie Boyt, author of Loved and Missed
“Actor Walger debuts with a piercing autobiographical novel about a woman's relationship with her charismatic but neglectful father . . . the dual themes of shame and overwhelming love are beautifully expressed, and the portrait of the father's tragic arc is at once sweeping and precise . . . It's a revelation.”Publishers Weekly, Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
“Restless, seductive - a tragic, semi-autobiographical love story lit up by its subject's charisma and its author's descriptive powers.”The Week, The Week
