The Father's Sins, a novel of crime and relationships by Richard Balham
Malcolm Tennyson commits the perfect white-collar crime, but little does he realize that his own, estranged son will become both his unwitting accomplice and the catalyst for his ultimate demise. From the wintry suburbs of London to the vibrant cities of the Pacific Northwest, this is the story of man and boy running from an unfulfilled past to a calamitous future. But amidst chaos and confusion, can they at least find each other?
Work at Grand Mart Store #22 is sucking the lifeblood from Assistant Store Manager, Malcolm Tennyson. But when the time comes to install new point-of-sale software, Malcolm becomes uncharacteristically dedicated to its successful implementation. His illegitimate reward is a healthy cut of the store's Christmas Eve takings, with which he intends to seed a new and more fulfilled life, well away from the dreary outer London suburbs and a dead-end career. At the same time, his thirteen-year-old son, Paul, whom he has barely spoken to in two years, can no longer tolerate the complications of puberty, and life in Kent, England with his overbearing mother, Anne, and her sarcastic lover, Danny. Paul runs away from home just as the festivities are beginning, and glimpses a new, scary, but also tantalizing, world that lies beyond the protective cocoon of his suburban childhood. Father and son converge at a crosswalk on Christmas Day, where Malcolm, hungover and distracted, slams his car into a gift-carrying child. The resulting panic sees the two Tennysons fleeing to the Pacific Northwest before becoming separated following media accusations that suggest Malcolm has kidnapped his own son. What ensues is a maelstrom of criminal activity, the abandonment of innocence and a pursuit through Washington and Oregon before father and son are reunited and reconciled. However, in the end, the forces of authority, desire and paternal irresponsibility combine to undo this freshly minted union.
Warning: Strong language, adult content and scenes of violence!
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