An innovative family drama told across three timelines that explores the nature of trust, death and what we do to one another in the name of love. Prodigal is a novel of darklu polished prose, humane wit, acute psychological insights, shot throughout with threads of black humour. In tackling the complexities of familial love, Lambert has written a novel reminiscent of Edward St Aubyn or Alan Hollinghurts, and the result is law, provocative, and deeply moving.