The Good Father
By Wayne Grady
Categories: Literature & Fiction
The Good Father is a 2021 novel by the Canadian writer Wayne Grady, who won the Giller Prize for Emancipation Day, published by Doubleday Canada and billed as his first contemporary novel. Told in alternating voices, it follows Harry Bowes, a Toronto journalist turned teacher turned wine merchant, and his estranged daughter Daphne, who is self-destructing with drugs and alcohol in Vancouver. When a catastrophic event jolts them both, father and daughter must reckon with their failures and whether their bond can be repaired.
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