Father Figure

By Emma Forrest

Categories: Literature & Fiction

Father Figure is a 2025 novel by the British writer Emma Forrest, author of the memoir Your Voice in My Head. Gail, a reckless scholarship student at an exclusive London school, befriends Agata, the anorexic daughter of a wealthy, powerful man. Gail becomes drawn into an obsessive and dangerous relationship with Agata's father, Ezra. Touching on class, mental illness and Jewish identity, the novel opens as a coming-of-age story before turning into a thriller in its final third.

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