Cult author David Keenan's most mature, magical and profoundly realised book yet, Boyhood is a kaleidoscopic celebration of the intricate connections between all of our lives. The kidnap and murder of a young boy outside a football ground in 1979 triggers a coming together of angels as they piece together the trail of a serial murderer named the Vampire of Derry. The brother of the murdered child discovers redemptive, messianic powers. He begins to see through the past and present, joining the dots between a vast array of characters tied up in each other's fate. From pre-war Paris to the Second World War, 1970s Derry to 1980s Mexico City, Paris and Glasgow via real historical figures like the modernist poet Saint-John Perse and the punk group The Undertones, Boyhood is a hymn to the resilience of young people, to the brave dreams of artists and lovers, to devastating heartbreak and loss. It is also a love letter to Glasgow, a city at the centre of the world. This is a novel unapologetically concerned with the great sweep of history. It unites lost children, wild gangsters, mutilated soldiers, beautiful ballerinas and young girls setting out for adventure. It is also a book of great joy, of laughter in the face of horror and delight in language and the telling of stories, seen, finally, from the viewpoint of the angels themselves.