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- ISBN 9781919184708
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 23 Apr 2026
- Publisher: Conduit Books Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Malc's Boy charts a son's struggle and friendship with his father amidst a legacy of toxic masculinity and violence. Shaun grows up in Wigton, a small market town on the fringes of the Lake District, as the son of Malc, a prominent publican with a fearsome reputation. More concerned with establishing himself as an artist than making a name for himself in the town's hierarchical pub scene, Shaun rebels against his father's expectations. But when Malc is attacked by an old enemy, Shaun is forced to confront his father's past and escape the life he's been expected to lead.
Shaun Wilson was born in 1980 and raised in Wigton, Cumbria. In 2021, an early draft of Malc's Boy won a Northern Writers' Award, with an excerpt published by Granta in 2024. His work featured in Kit de Waal's working-class anthology Common People (Unbound, 2019), leading the acclaimed Kerry Hudson to tip him for 'big things' in the Observer. He has featured at various book festivals, on BBC Radio, and recently completed a placement at Semiotext(e). He holds a PhD in English and Creative Writing from Northumbria University and has worked as an Associate Lecturer in Creative Writing at the Universities of Northumbria and Teesside.
