Sons and Fathers is a novel about men.Three friends, three sons, each with a talent for words he learned from his father. Eli, Michael, and Allan were friends at McGill, and their lives continue to intersect as they make their ways in the shadow of the Peace Tower in Ottawa. Set against the backdrop of national politics, journalism, and spin, Sons and Fathers explores how men's lives and their relationships with one another and their wives are ultimately shaped by their relationships with the first men in their lives: their fathers.