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Muckle Flugga
£16.99‘A quirky and original debut that sizzles with scintillating prose.’ BERNARDINE EVARISTO’Michael Pedersen is a rare writer of real passion and power and this debut is phenomenal.’ MATT HAIG
Life on a remote island is turned upside down by a stranger’s arrival, testing bonds of family and tradition and leaving a young dreamer’s future hanging in the balance. It’s no ordinary existence on the rugged isle of Muckle Flugga.
The elements run riot and the very rocks that shape the place begin to shift under their influence.
The only human inhabitants are the lighthouse keeper, known as The Father, and his otherworldly son, Ouse.
Them, and the occasional lodger to keep the wolf from the door. When one of those lodgers – Firth, a chaotic writer – arrives from Edinburgh, the limits of the world the keeper and his son cling to begin to crumble.
A tug of war ensues between Firth and the lighthouse keeper for Ouse’s affections – and his future.
As old and new ways collide, and life-changing decisions loom, what will the tides leave standing in their wake?
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Openings : ‘A stunning collection.’ TESSA HADLEY
£9.99‘One of the finest short-storywriters at work today. These stories are honest, finely nuanced and indelible.’WENDY ERSKINE ‘One of our best short story writers.’ THE TIMES ‘You’ll lose yourself in this collection and, most likely, find yourself too. Each story is a masterclass.’ JAN CARSON
The much-anticipated new collection from the BBC National Short Story Award-winning author of Multitudes and Intimacies. I still sometimes wonder if one could draw a window in the wall, or in the air, and step through it together.
To somewhere else, entirely new. From a highly charged Christmas party in Belfast to a passionate affair in Blitz-era London, to a trip to Marrakech which could form a new family, the thirteen striking stories of Openings pulse with possibility and illuminate those fleeting but recognisable moments of heartbreak and hope that can change the course of a life. ‘It takes a writer as subtle, compassionate and clear-eyed as Caldwell to track the hidden forces that work upon us, to illuminate our secret selves.
This is prose that liberates.’CLAIRE KILROY ‘Caldwell has a glorious skill for creating narratives in which every element works in perfect tandem.’SUNDAY TIMES
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