# Cal

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- Book: [Cal](https://www.bookquiver.com/bernard-maclaverty/cal) ([Cal.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/bernard-maclaverty/cal.md))
- Authors: [Bernard MacLaverty](https://www.bookquiver.com/bernard-maclaverty)
- Publisher: Vintage Digital
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-4644-811-3
- Published: 2011-03-01
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## 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.