Henry, Henry

London, 2014. Hal Lancaster, son and heir of Henry, Duke of Lancaster, finds himself at a dead end: his mother has passed away, his father is either dying or about to remarry, or both, his siblings are estranged, his internship is meaningless, and no one leaves him alone. Everything seems as it should, but the reality is that nothing is going well. Over the course of a year filled with parties, alcohol, and questionable flings, Hal is tested by brutal family legacies, Catholic guilt, and the terrifying possibility of being loved. All of this is complicated by a pattern of abuse that threatens to haunt Hal into adulthood. The Lancaster house will never be the same. Brimming with intelligence and wit, Henry Henry is a brilliant reimagining of the Henriad, with Hal Lancaster as the perfect queer protagonist for a new era. Allen Bratton emerges as the successor to Waugh and St. Aubyn with this stunning and distinguished novel about family, legacy, and what it means to be alive today.