Bernard MacLaverty

Set in the Northern Ireland of the 1980's, this book tells the story of a young Catholic man living in a Protestant area. Springing out of the fear and violence of Ulster, it is a haunting love story that unfolds in a land where tenderness and innocence can only flicker briefly in the dark.

Ashley Morin

Isabelle Louise 

Lisanne Ridderbos

Cal has very few choices in life. He can continue working at the abattoir that sickens him, or join the ranks of the unemployed. He can brood on his past or try to plan a future with Marcella. Cal is a haunting love story set against the fear and violence of Ulster, where tenderness and innocence must struggle to survive.

Akanksha Chattopadhyay

Set in the Northern Ireland of the 1980’s, 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.

Cal

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