Bernard MacLaverty

Cal

  • Cal

  • Set in the Northern Ireland of the 1980s, Cal tells the story of a young Catholic man living in a Protestant area. For Cal, some choices are devastatingly simple: he can work in an abattoir that nauseates him or join the dole queue; he can brood on his past or plan a future with Marcella.

    Springing out of the fear and violence of Ulster, Cal is a haunting love story that unfolds in a land where tenderness and innocence can only flicker briefly in the dark.

    See also: Lies of Silence by Brian Moore

Midwinter Break
Midwinter Break
Bernard MacLaverty
Collected Stories
Collected Stories
Bernard MacLaverty
Walking the Dog and Other Stories
Walking the Dog and Other Stories
Bernard MacLaverty
Matters Of Life & Death
Matters Of Life & Death
Bernard MacLaverty
The Anatomy School
The Anatomy School
Bernard MacLaverty
Lamb
Lamb
Bernard MacLaverty
A Time To Dance
A Time To Dance
Bernard MacLaverty
Grace Notes
Grace Notes
Bernard MacLaverty

Irish Classics

6 Books

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.

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