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The Fathers

By: John Niven
Narrated by: Angus King
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In a busy maternity ward, first-time father Dan meets Jada, a dad welcoming his fifth - no, sixth? - child into the world. Dan and Jada come from very different places: both called Glasgow. Dan is a successful TV writer with a townhouse in the West End and a shiny Tesla ready to drive his wife and baby home. Jada is a hustling, small-time criminal who is already planning how to separate Dan from some of the luxuries Jada has never been able to enjoy in his tiny flat in a Brutalist sixties council block.

Both men find that the birth of their sons has fired their ambitions. Dan plans to walk away from his saccharine TV success and finally knuckle down to writing that novel he always felt he had in him. While, for Jada, it's the opportunity for one last get-rich-quick scheme - ripping off a local airport. When a tragedy occurs, their worlds are brought closer than either could ever have imagined - close enough that it could mean destruction for both of them . . .

©2025 John Niven (P)2025 Canongate Books Ltd
City Life Genre Fiction Urban

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A fantastic listen as always. Great story, great narration!. Any tory that has a pub called The Flaps has got to be A winner

always delivers

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Loved the back references to other Niven books. A brilliant storyline and narrated in the familiar, wonderful voice we know and love from The Amateurs audiobook. Highly recommended.

Vintage Niven!

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