Name: Palaver: Set in Japan, the gorgeous novel that will "break and remake your heart"
SKU: 64842734
Price: 44.83 NZD
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Author: Bryan Washington
ISBN: 9781805463962

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Palaver: Set in Japan, the gorgeous novel that will "break and remake your heart"

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Atlantic Books

Author

Bryan Washington

Year

2026

Pages

336

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.4x13.7x2.9 cm

ISBN13

9781805463962

Palaver: Set in Japan, the gorgeous novel that will "break and remake your heart"

Bryan Washington (Author) · Atlantic Books · Paperback

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Synopsis "Palaver: Set in Japan, the gorgeous novel that will "break and remake your heart""

FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION

'Such a joy' Ocean Vuong
'It'll break and remake your heart' Andrew Sean Greer
'You want this gorgeous book' RO Kwon

IN TOKYO, the son works as an English tutor, drinking his nights away with friends at a gay bar. He's entangled with a married man, too. But while he has built a chosen family in Japan, he is estranged from his family in America, particularly his mother, whose preference for the son's troubled homophobic brother pushed him to leave home. Then, in the weeks leading up to Christmas, ten years since they've last seen each other, the mother arrives uninvited on his doorstep.

Separated only by the son's cat, the two of them clash. The mother, wrestling with memories of her youth in Jamaica and her own complicated brother, works to atone for her missteps. The son initially struggles to forgive, but as they share meals, conversations and an eventful trip to one of the oldest cities in Japan, both mother and son start to reckon with the meaning of 'home' - and whether, perhaps, they can find it in each other.