num_pages: 218
description: Graham Holt is 37 and an unmarried, sub-postmaster. For many years he has stood behind a reinforced screen selling stamps to the locals. But what he really wants is to adopt a son. Graham needs a son and James Lennards, aged 10, needs a father but to James, Graham is second best.
language: English
title: Second Best
titlecomplete: Second Best
genres: Fiction
ratings_count: 44
publisher: Faber and Faber