Michael Pedersen is a prize winning Scottish poet and author, the write in residence at The University of Edinburgh. His prose debut, Boy Friends, was published to rave reviews and was a Sunday Times Critics Choice. He has unfurled three collections of poetry, the most recent being The Cat Prince and Other Poems- which won the Books Are My Bag Readers Award for Best Poetry 2023.
'Uncommonly romantic, irreverant and at times laugh out loud funny.' Shirley Manson
'Enchanting...astonishingly compelling...sparklingly writen...rare to be treasured' Stephen Fry
'A master of words. He plays them like music' Kae Tempest
Pederson's beautiful novel takes us to the island of Muckle Flugga where life is tunred upside down by a stranger's arrival, testing bonds of family and tradition and leaving a young dreamer's future hanging in the balance.
It's no ordinary existence on the rugged isle of Muckle Flugga. The elements run riot and the very rocks that shaoe the place begin to shift under their influence.
The only human inhabitants are the lighthousekeeper, known as The Father, and his otherworldly son, Ouse. There is only them and the occasional lodger to keep the wolf from the door. When one of these lodgers - Firth, a chaotic writer- arrives from Edinburgh, the limits of the world the keeper and his son cling to begin to crumble. A tug of war ensues between Firth and the lighthouse keeper for Ouse's affections - and his future. As old and new ways collide, and life changing decisions loom, what will the tides leave standing in their wake?
