The explosive and virtuosic debut novel by one of the most talented young authors to have emerged in recent British fiction.
'Startlingly original.' -
Vogue'Extraordinary.' - New Yorker
'Wry, funny and heartbreaking.' - Sophie Mackintosh
'
little scratch is a story that is urgent. It is a story that needs to be told.' - Meena Kandasamy
'Reads like the cinders settling in the air after an explosion... daring and completely readable.' - Colin Barrett
'
little scratch is a little miracle... impossible to read it and not wish there were more books like it.' - Alan Trotter
'Confident and vital...
little scratch is an absolute gift.' - Naoise Dolan
Rebecca Watson is part-time Assistant Arts Editor at the Financial Times and one of the Observer's ten best debut novelists of 2021. She has been published in the TLS, Granta and the Guardian. In 2018, she was shortlisted for The White Review Short Story Prize, and in 2021, she was shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize and the Desmond Elliott Prize.
www.rebeccawatson.co.uk