Damian Barr

A BEST FICTION BOOK OF 2025 FOR THE GUARDIAN, THE OBSERVER, THE HERALD AND THE BBC 'Crackles with creative rebellion' DOUGLAS STUART'We need love stories like these. Utterly absorbing' JACKIE KAY'Vivid and alive. A truly great story penned by one of Scotland's finest writers' JENNI FAGAN'A novel that brims over with generosity and warmth' OBSERVERHe will stay like this forever,...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION 2025 SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL WRITING AWARD FOR FICTION 2026 SHORTLISTED FOR THE WINSTON GRAHAM PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2026 LONGLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2026 A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK A BEST FICTION BOOK OF 2025 FOR THE GUARDIAN, THE OBSERVER, THE HERALD...

An Observer, Guardian, Financial Times, Sunday Times South Africa, Irish Times, Irish Independent, Big Issue, and Strong Words Pick of the Year An Irish Times and The Times Summer Reading Pick Shortlisted for the Saltire Society Fiction Book of the Year Award Shortlisted for the London Magazine Debut Fiction Prize 2020 Longlisted for HWA Debut Crown 2020 ‘Beautifully written and...