The new collection from a literary star – five achingly tender, innovative and dazzling stories of (dis)connection.
From a child attending his first football match, buoyed by secret magic, and a wincingly humane portrait of adolescence, to the perplexity of grief and loss through the eyes of a seahorse, Thomas Morris seeks to find grace, hope and benevolence in the churning tumult of self-discovery.
Philosophically acute.
Wincingly humane.
Strikingly original.
This outstanding suite of stories is bursting with a bracing emotional depth.
A Granta Best Young British novelist 2023
‘Brilliant, funny, unsettling…Thomas Morris is a master of the contemporary short story’ – Sally Rooney
‘With precision, wry humour and a generous heart, Morris visits life’s agonies and ecstasies’ – Nathan Filer
‘A fierce and tender suite of stories’ – Lucy Caldwell
‘Thomas Morris is incredibly gifted within the form. It’s so heartening to read his work’ – Sarah Hall
‘Funny, sad, complex, unexpected, and worthy of multiple readings’ – Jon McGregor
‘Pleasurably off-kilter, gently acerbic and sadly wise’ – Colin Barrett
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