Horizontal Rain

Published 31st of August | Paperback, pp.208

Set in Glasgow 2015. A man suddenly finds himself alone, but not for long. Soon his attention is consumed by another woman - sublime, inspired, unknowable - and different, he feels, from those who came before her. His friend, arrogant and unencumbered, taunts him as they drift aimlessly from one hangover to the next amidst a landscape of uniform grey, pulsating lights and insipid rain. Between querulous despondency and abject nihilism - an attempt to capture the unease of the decade just past, striking at the heart of a contagious male despair.

Cover image: Strawberry Moon on Iona by Sean Patrick Campbell (2018)