Mr Outside

Caleb Klaces

ISBN 10: 1913513807 / ISBN 13: 9781913513801

Verlag: Prototype Publishing Ltd., 2025

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Inhaltsangabe:

During a time of restricted movement, the narrator of Mr Outside visits his reclusive father Thomas who is packing up to move into a care home. As father and son grapple with the task, long-buried conflicts resurface. Thomas, a poet and former radical priest, slips between affection and fear, while the narrator struggles to find the words he’s been holding back. Yet amidst confusion and grief, moments of humour and connection emerge, as both men discover new ways to understand each other and let go.

Told through a striking combination of text and image, Klaces’ distilled novel explores the stories we tell about our lives, the limits of intimacy, and the fragile line between reality and delusion. Based on the life of his own father, Mr Outside is poignant, profound, and unexpectedly funny; a tender meditation on endings, the limits of understanding, and the act of letting go.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Caleb Klaces is a poet and novelist. His most recent book is the poetry collection Away From Me (Prototype, 2021) and his debut novel, Fatherhood (Prototype, 2019), won a Northern Fiction Award and was longlisted for the Republic of Consciousness Prize. His first poetry collection, Bottled Air (Eyewear, 2013), won the Melita Hume Prize and an Eric Gregory Award from the Society of Authors. He was a winner of Foyle Young Poets of the Year 2001 and 2002.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Mr Outside
Verlag: Prototype Publishing Ltd.
Erscheinungsdatum: 2025
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: Very Good