SeascraperA mesmerising portrait of a young man confined in by his class and the ghosts of his family's past, dreaming of artistic fulfilment. It confirms Benjamin Wood as an exceptional talent in British literature. 'A huge talent' Hilary Mantel 'Benjamin Wood is a magnificent writer and I intend to read everything he has written' Douglas Stuart Thomas lives a slow, deliberate life with his mother in Longferry, working his grandpas trade as a shanker. He rises

an oasis in a sea of vampires

The delivery of the ill-gotten volume

You have no idea how you got there

become an adopted son

Arriving at university

THEY DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY ACROSS THE POND

The Millions

his path to success would not be easy

scabrously funny and weirdly moving

MONSTERS ARE MADE

He is also a father

a hardened criminal on the run from Miami