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Cal

Paperback • 2019 • 1. edition

Cal

By Bernard MacLaverty

1 Ratings • 3.0 of 5

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About the book

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

Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary

Book details

ISBN

9781784875503

Publisher

Vintage Publishing

Published year

2019

Language

Edition

1

Original title

Cal

Format

Paperback

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Hardcover · 1984

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Hardcover · 1994

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