I'm the King of the Castle

Penguin Decades bring you the novels that helped shape modern Britain. When they were published, some were bestsellers, some were considered scandalous, and others were simply misunderstood. All represent their time and helped define their generation, while today each is considered a landmark work of storytelling.

Susan Hill's I'm the King of the Castle was first published in 1970. Telling the story of two boys forced to live together by their widowed parents, the author of The Woman in Black offers a chilling portrayal of childhood cruelty and persecution, of parental blindness and of our own ambivalence to what are supposed to be the happiest days of our lives.