Jean-Baptise Del Amo Reads From The Son Of Man, Dua’s Monthly Read For February 2026
2/10/20267 min
This month on the Service95 Book Club With Dua Lipa podcast, Dua sits down with French author Jean-Baptiste Del Amo to discuss his novel The Son of Man. A dark and unsettling psychological thriller, the book explores themes of inherited violence, patriarchy, masculinity and love. As Dua puts it: “I have to give a trigger warning - this book is dark, even for me!”
In a Service95 exclusive, Jean-Baptiste reads a powerful excerpt from the novel, in which the father figure, one of the book’s three protagonists, speaks to his son about his own dark understanding of love, loyalty...
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Jean-Baptiste Del Amo· Guest0:30
Hi, I am Jean-Baptiste Del Amo and my book, The Son of Man, is DUAS monthly read for February. I'm going to read an excerpt which takes place in the middle of the book and where the character of the father tells his son about his idea of love. He leads the boy towards the wellspring, towards the granite slopes shining in the July sun, all bristling with blades. This time, the father follows closely behind as they roam the light-dazed mountain beneath a white-hot sky. Initially, they are engrossed in the walk, but in fact the father's silence is filled with words, inhabited by a voice that comes from within