Description
In The Fathers, John Niven drops two new dads into the same Glasgow maternity ward—and lets class, ambition, and bad decisions do the rest. Dan is a comfortable West End TV writer with a Tesla and artistic delusions he’s never acted on. Jada is a streetwise hustler on his sixth child, already plotting how to steal a slice of the life he’s never had. The birth of their sons ignites dangerous plans on both sides: Dan dreams of literary greatness; Jada plans one final criminal score. When tragedy collides their worlds, aspiration turns corrosive, exposing how thin the line is between reinvention and ruin. Darkly funny, ruthless, and painfully human, The Fathers is a sharp dissection of masculinity, privilege, and the lies men tell themselves at life’s turning points.
