Father of The Man — Anthony Robinson

The setting for Anthony Robinson's novel, Father of The Man, is the Maverick Art Colony in Woodstock, New York, where the author grew up. His father wrote The Cardinal, a bestselling novel of that time. Now, many years later, Anthony Robinson revisits those early art colony days through the eyes of Billy Darden, 13, and his father, Jacob Darden, a writer. Billy's complex relationship with his father, and the individual lives of both Jacob and Billy, are at the heart of Anthony Robinson's moving and deeply personal eighth novel, Father of The Man.