The Everlasting Sunday
by Robert Lukins

At once beautiful and haunting, The Everlasting Sunday is a haunting debut novel about growing up, growing wild and what it takes to survive.

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Overview

During the freezing English winter of 1962, seventeen-year-old Radford is sent to Goodwin Manor, a home for boys who have been ‘found by trouble’. Drawn immediately to the charismatic West, Radford soon discovers that each one of them has something to hide.

Life at the Manor offers a refuge of sorts, but unexpected arrivals threaten the world the boys have built. Will their friendship be enough when trouble finds them again?

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Books+Publishing

‘The writing is sophisticated ... The Everlasting Sunday is an accomplished first novel.’

Better Reading

‘A wonderfully original coming-of-age story.’

Reading Matters

‘A story that appears gentle and delicate on the surface but hides a dark, brutal heart beating beneath.’

Robert Lukins

Robert Lukins lives in Melbourne and has worked as an art researcher and journalist. His writing has been published widely, including in The Big Issue, Rolling Stone, Crikey, Broadsheet and Overland. The Everlasting Sunday is his first novel.