Seascraper

A quiet, unassuming book about honest work and modest dreams, about sons and their duty, and those brief, wonderful moments when we glimpse the possibility of living a different life. Benjamin Wood is a magnificent writer and I intend to read everything he has written -- Douglas Stuart Wood is up there with the very best... he packs more poetry into his opening paragraph than many a Booker-winner achieves in their entire oeuvre -- Johanna Thomas-Corr, chief literary critic at The Times Seascraper is powerful, poignant and poetic. I can’t recommend it enough -- Benjamin Myers, award-winning author of Cuddy A fiercely atmospheric novel that engages the senses -- Johanna Thomas-Corr * Telegraph * It is a sensuous treat, this novel. So much care has been given to every detail – of shrimps and sea mists and sinkpits, of work and music. A language of the sea washes over every page -- Ross Raisin, award-winning author of God's Own Country Benjamin Wood is a singular voice. Intense, original, unforgettable -- Kelly Mullen I loved this hugely atmospheric story and its tender portrait of quiet Thomas Flett, a young man who secretly longs to make music, but whose dreams and prospects are constrained by his hard life, local community, upbringing and background. Then a passing American gives him – and us – a brief glimpse into what it means to aspire for something more. Haunting and beautiful, this is a very special novel indeed. -- Sarah Easter Collins, author of Things Don't Break on Their Own Seascraper shimmers, salt-flecked and rippling. It swells with tense, memorable moments... poignant, authentic and hopeful. * Spectator *