About the book
*2025 Lammy Award Finalist*
'The best modern re-telling of Shakespeare since She's The Man' Jack Edwards, Esquire
'Very funny... Its deeply felt pages flew by' GUARDIAN
'Sexy, compassionate, uncommonly imaginative: I've never read anything quite like it' Oisín McKenna, author of Evenings and Weekends
London, 2014. Hal Lancaster – twenty-two, gay, Catholic, chops lines of cocaine with his myWaitrose card – is the reluctant heir of his father Henry, the sixteenth Duke of Lancaster. Henry is half tyrant, half martyr, with an investment in his eldest son that has grown into an obsession. While Hal floats between internships and drinking sessions, Henry keeps him in check with passive-aggression, religious guilt, and a cruelty that Hal sometimes confuses for tenderness.
When a grouse shooting accident – funny in retrospect – makes a romance out of Hal’s rivalry with fumblingly leftist family friend Harry Percy, Hal finds that he wants, for the first time, a life of his own. But his father Henry is an Englishman: he will not let his son escape tradition. To save himself, Hal must reckon not only with grief and shame but with the wounds of his family's past.
'Deeply enjoyable' Julia Armfield, author of Our Wives Under the Sea
'Thrillingly imaginative' Kaliane Bradley, author of The Ministry of Time
'One of the most exciting new novels' FINANCIAL TIMES
Editions of Henry Henry
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9781787334595
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781529931815
- EBook
- ISBN 9781529926262
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*2025 Lammy Award Finalist*
'The best modern re-telling of Shakespeare since She's The Man' Jack Edwards, Esquire
'Very funny... Its deeply felt pages flew by' GUARDIAN
'Sexy, compassionate, uncommonly imaginative: I've never read anything quite like it' Oisín McKenna, author of Evenings and Weekends
London, 2014. Hal Lancaster – twenty-two, gay, Catholic, chops lines of cocaine with his myWaitrose card – is the reluctant heir of his father Henry, the sixteenth Duke of Lancaster. Henry is half tyrant, half martyr, with an investment in his eldest son that has grown into an obsession. While Hal floats between internships and drinking sessions, Henry keeps him in check with passive-aggression, religious guilt, and a cruelty that Hal sometimes confuses for tenderness.
When a grouse shooting accident – funny in retrospect – makes a romance out of Hal’s rivalry with fumblingly leftist family friend Harry Percy, Hal finds that he wants, for the first time, a life of his own. But his father Henry is an Englishman: he will not let his son escape tradition. To save himself, Hal must reckon not only with grief and shame but with the wounds of his family's past.
'Deeply enjoyable' Julia Armfield, author of Our Wives Under the Sea
'Thrillingly imaginative' Kaliane Bradley, author of The Ministry of Time
'One of the most exciting new novels' FINANCIAL TIMES
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Henry Henry about?
*2025 Lammy Award Finalist*
'The best modern re-telling of Shakespeare since She's The Man' Jack Edwards, Esquire
'Very funny... Its deeply felt pages flew by' GUARDIAN
'Sexy, compassionate, uncommonly imaginative: I've never read anything quite like it' Oisín McKenna, author of Evenings and Weekends
London, 2014. Hal Lancaster – twenty-two, gay, Catholic, chops lines of cocaine with his myWaitrose card – is the reluctant heir of his father Henry, the sixteenth Duke of Lancaster. Henry is half tyrant, half martyr, with an investment in his eldest son that has grown into an obsession. While Hal floats between internships and drinking sessions, Henry keeps him in check with passive-aggression, religious guilt, and a cruelty that Hal sometimes confuses for tenderness.
When a grouse shooting accident – funny in retrospect – makes a romance out of Hal’s rivalry with fumblingly leftist family friend Harry Percy, Hal finds that he wants, for the first time, a life of his own. But his father Henry is an Englishman: he will not let his son escape tradition. To save himself, Hal must reckon not only with grief and shame but with the wounds of his family's past.
'Deeply enjoyable' Julia Armfield, author of Our Wives Under the Sea
'Thrillingly imaginative' Kaliane Bradley, author of The Ministry of Time
'One of the most exciting new novels' FINANCIAL TIMES
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Henry Henry?
Fiction > Contemporary lifestyle fiction
Where can I read a sample of Henry Henry?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781787334595
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Henry Henry?
Allen Bratton
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Henry Henry is available as hardcover(ISBN 9781787334595) and paperback(ISBN 9781529931815) and ebook(ISBN 9781529926262)
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