Silverback 'A Dark Unnerving Tale' (John Boyne)

<p>In a Belfast courtroom Robert Rusting is on trial for the murder of his father, a former loyalist hardman. On the jury is James Fechner, a middle-aged surgeon finding himself in search of meaning in the hushed rooms of justice. Rusting is acquitted, but Fechner can't quite return to life before those days in court.<br><br>Having found himself drawn to Rusting, Fechner compulsively searches him out in dingy pubs, following an inexplicable pull to the younger man's aggressive, unapologetic way of life. So begins a close friendship, a relationship in which a battle for control is tacit but unspoken - and explosive.<br><br><i>Silverback</i> is a powerful portrayal of toxic masculinity and of the line between fragility and violence written in an unforgettable voice.</p>