num_pages: 259
description: Born in Trinidad and raised in Canada, the author presents a coming-of-age novel about a Canadian boy, abandoned by his mother, who travels to Ottawa where he meets an eccentric scientist who fires his imagination. 25,000 first printing. Tour.
language: English
title: Childhood: A Novel
titlecomplete: Childhood: A Novel
genres: Fiction, Canada, Adult, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Audiobook
ratings_count: 385
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Scotiabank Giller Prize, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Trillium Book Award, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize
publisher: Henry Holt & Co