Family Meal

Bryan Washington

From the bestselling, Dylan Thomas Prizewinning author of Memorial, a novel about two young men who grew up together, and what happens when their lives collide again after a crisis.

Growing up, TJ was Cam’s boy next door. When Cam needed a home, TJ’s parents took him in. Their family bakery became Cam’s safe place… until he left. Years later, Cam’s world is falling apart. The love of his life is dead and Cam’s not sure he’s ready to let go of him, but when he has a chance to return to his home town he takes it. Back in the same place as TJ, they circle each other warily, TJ unsure how to navigate Cam – utterly cool, completely devastated and self-destructive – crashing back into his world.

Praise for Memorial:

‘A masterclass in empathy.’ Guardian

‘Tender, wistful, often profound.’ Sunday Times, Book of the Year

‘A dazzling writer.’ Alan Hollinghurst, New York Review of Books

Bryan Washington is a writer from Houston. His fiction and essays have appeared in, among other publications, the New York Times, New Yorker, and the Paris Review. He’s also a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 winner and, among many other awards, the winner of the 2020 Dylan Thomas Prize.