Damien Owens: author talks about hitting 50 - and all the milestones that go with it

'There are no jokes about growing old, because god help us, we really are getting old'

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Author Damien Owens wrote his new novel, Duffy and Son, after turning 50. The book is about Eugene – who is just 70, and his son, Jim – who is 40. Both are bachelors, and Eugene is worried that Jim is turning 40 and really has nothing to show for it – he still lives at home, has never had a girlfriend, and doesn’t really go out. 

Both are hitting an age milestone in their lives, and ultimately are re-learning a lot about themselves - and the realisation that ‘age’ and ‘getting older’ weren't really the issues all this time.