# Cal

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- Authors: [Bernard MacLaverty](https://www.bookquiver.com/bernard-maclaverty)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2000-10-26
- Genres: Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general

## Description

Set in the Northern Ireland of the 1980’s, Cal tells the story of a young Catholic man living in a Protestant area. For Cal, some choices are devastatingly simple: he can work in an abattoir that nauseates him or join the dole queue; he can brood on his past or plan a future with Marcella. Springing out of the fear and violence of Ulster, Cal is a haunting love story that unfolds in a land where tenderness and innocence can only flicker briefly in the dark.

## Editions

### Cal

- Publisher: Vintage Classics
- ISBN: 978-18-0784-514-8
- Pages: 176
- Published: 2026-11-05
- Language: en_GB

### Cal

- Publisher: Vintage Classics
- ISBN: 978-17-8487-550-3
- Pages: 176
- Published: 2019-05-02
- Language: en_GB

### Cal

- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-00-9976-711-4
- Pages: 176
- Published: 2015-02-05
- Language: en_GB

### Cal

- Publisher: RH Audiogo
- Medium: audio
- Length: 5 h 27 min
- Narrated by: David Threlfall
- ISBN: 978-14-4647-071-8
- Published: 2011-06-02
- Language: en_GB

### Cal

- Publisher: Vintage Digital
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-4644-811-3
- Published: 2011-03-01
- Language: en_GB

### Cal

- Publisher: Penguin Classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4081-789-8
- Pages: 224
- Published: 2000-10-26
- Language: en_GB