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Granta Best Young British Novelist and Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year

Mick Little used to be a shipbuilder on the Glasgow yards. But as they closed one after another down the river, the search for work took him and his beloved wife, Cathy, to Australia, and back again, struggling for a living, longing for home.

With devastating vision, Ross Raisin brings to life the story of an ordinary man caught in the outer reaches of modern existence, suffering the loss of a great love. Waterline paints a captivating portrait of the alienation of lives lived quietly all around us, and of one man s existence dissolved through grief, and the long journey home."

'There are rare novels that embed themselves in your sensibility so profoundly you can imagine conversations arising between characters that never occurred on the page . . . A work of grace: a human being rendered by a triumph of ventriloquism and empathy' Alan Warner, Guardian

'Spectacular' Time Out

'A poignant, shocking, wry, shaming, yet profoundly generous, and cunningly crafted classic ... If you're looking for the definitive novel for our times, this is the strongest candidate I've read for ages' Scotsman
'Raisin is a novelist of terrific ability and great verve' Philip Hensher, Sunday Telegraph

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Paperback. Pub Date :2012-06-28 Pages: 272 Language: English Publisher: Penguin Books From Ross Raisin. the massively acclaimed author of Gods Own Country and one of the best young British novelists today. comes Waterline. a devastating and definitive novel of our times.Mick Little used to be a shipbuilder on the Glasgow yards. But as they closed one after another down the river. the search for work took him and his beloved wife Cathy to Australia. and back again. struggling for a living. longing for home. Thirty years later the yards are nearly all gone and Cathy is dead. And now Mick will have to find a new way to live: to get away. start again. and try to deal with the guilt he feels over her death . In Waterline. Ross Raisin brings vividly to life the story of an ordinary man caught between the loss of a great love and the hard edges of modern existence.
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"A standout....Evocative.... strong echoes of George Orwell's classic, Down and Out in Paris and London."--Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air

"Remarkable."--Sunday Times (London) for "Out Backward"

"A very strong debut."--The Spectator for "Out Backward"

"Waterline announces Raisin as a profound thinker as well as a distinctive voice."--Esquire (UK)

"What impresses about Raisin is the all-encompassing nature of his imaginative empathy, and the way in which he makes the reader complicit in his character's fate . . . Electric."--Andrew Holgate, Sunday Times (London)

"Raisin is shaping up to be one of our most extraordinary writers."--Catherine Taylor, Telegraph (UK)

"Heartbreaking.... Waterline is a great read, and Mick's story is one you won't forget. With this second novel, Ross Raisin confirms himself as an exciting talent, a unique, gifted, and generous voice, a young writer with a vision broad far beyond his years."--David Vann, Financial Times

"Ross Raisin's debut, God's Own Country, was deservedly acclaimed, and Waterline is similarly impressive, with Raisin again making vivid, compelling use of the vernacular.... It remains to the last supremely empathic, and Raisin's powers of observation intense."--Stephanie Cross, Daily Mail (UK)

"Chilling."--Kirkus Reviews for "Out Backward"

"A powerful depiction of the dislocating effects of grief....genuinely moving."--Publishers Weekly

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  • PublisherPenguin
  • Publication date2012
  • ISBN 10 0141033533
  • ISBN 13 9780141033532
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages272
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