ARGONAUT BOOKS

The Boyhood of Cain is a beautiful coming-of-age story told with subtlety and style. Amherst writes movingly about childhood, friendship, and the often conflicting internal struggles of a boy trying to find his place in the world.Michael MageeA powerful, searing tale told by a boy facing the plenitude of life but hemmed in by a world so dull and ordinary that he can't wait either to flee it or be drowned in it.André AcimanThe Boyhood of Cain is a beautiful and profound novel about a boy's coming to consciousness as his family falls apart. Utterly compelling and quietly devastating, I read this...Read More