The story of a father accused of child abuse, seen through the eyes of his six-year-old son.
A boy runs across a busy road.His father catches him and smacks him.A passer-by looks on.This is what happens next.
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The story of a father accused of child abuse, seen through the eyes of his six-year-old son.
A boy runs across a busy road.His father catches him and smacks him.A passer-by looks on.This is what happens next.
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A boy runs across a busy road.
His father catches him and smacks him.A passer-by looks on.This is what happens next.Critic Reviews
“Excellent . . . Dark but uplifting”
Gripping, hilarious and tender, this is, without doubt, one of the books of the year - Daily Mail
The novel brilliantly captures parent-child relations in the raw and the emotions that even the most experienced social worker can't tame - IndependentAn amusing and unsettling story - Saturday GuardianThis is family life at its most believable: warm and messy, bored and raging. WHAT I DID is every parent's nightmare, but will make you burst out laughing too. I loved it. - Emma Donoghue, author of ROOMI loved it! Staggeringly good. Terrifyingly good - Lisa JewellHugely impressive, gripping, funny and thought provoking - Emily Barr - Alex Preston[A] fine, challenging novel - Mail on SundayAbout the Author
Christopher Wakling has worked as a teacher, lawyer and travel writer. Educated at Oxford, he now lives in Bristol with his wife and children.
A boy runs across a busy road.His father catches him and smacks him.A passer-by looks on.This is what happens next.
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