The Last Resort

The residents of Seacliff Caravan Park visit their caravans for the first half-term of the year.

Frankie obsesses over his long-gone daughter, killed by a car bomb thirty-five years ago. Anna struggles to shake off the ghost of her overbearing mother. Vidas, homeless and far from Lithuania, hides out in one of the caravans. Agatha Christie-obsessed Alma attempts to solve the mystery of items disappearing from the campsite. Kathleen struggles to accept that her daughter is a lesbian. Malcolm is a failed illusionist with an alcohol problem.

With trademark wit and playfulness, in this stunning linked short-story collection Jan Carson explores complex family dynamics, ageing, immigration, gender politics, the decline of the Church and the legacy of the Troubles. The Last Resort firmly places Carson as one of the most inventive and daring writers of her generation.