A belfast man out walking his dog is kidnapped. . . A Catholic schoolboy with priestly ambitions confronts a B-Special on guard duty when he runs to retrieve a football. In 'At the Beach' a middle-aged couple awkwardly appraise the state of their long marriage. . . . To point out the excellence of Mac Laverty's writing is almost to do it a disservice. His prose is invisible, free of tricks, as through it was your own thoughts. His characters are revealed whole through every scrap of dialogue' Observer.
Author Biography
Bernard MacLaverty lives in Glasgow. He has written five collections of stories and four other novels, including Grace Notes which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the Saltire Scottish Book of the Year Award. He has written versions of his fiction for other media - radio and television plays, screenplays and libretti.
