'Bursting with vitality and variety, it's a tour-de-force'
Sunday Times
 
Micah Mortimer isn't the most polished person you'll ever meet. His numerous sisters and in-laws regard him oddly but very fondly.
 
He measures out his days running errands for work, maintaining an impeccable cleaning regime and going for runs (7:15, every morning).

He is content with the steady balance of his life. But then the order of things starts to tilt.
 
And when a teenager shows up at Micah's door claiming to be his son, Micah is confronted with another surprise he seems poorly equipped to handle . . . 

**A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK TO WATCH OUT FOR IN 2020****
 
LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2020**