"In the tradition of Charles Bukowski and Jean Rhys, Keshed is uncompromising, intense, relentless. The reading experience itself is like a sick compulsion [...]The kind of book you need to recover from." - Amy Liptrot, The Spectator Magazine.
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Stu Hennigan
"Channels the entire history of British kitchen sink realism.....exhilarating, yet heartbreaking." - Andrew Gallix, Irish Times
Stu Hennigan
"An exceptional first novel.....restless, vital, poetic, often humorous. Keshed is original, difficult and revelatory. In it there are echoes of James Kelman and Hubert Selby Jr, but Hennigan's voice is entirely his own." - Alice Jolly, Times Literary Supplement.
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Stu Hennigan
A pinned thread about my new novel, Keshed, publishing on 12th Feb 2026 with @ortacpress.bsky.social. Pre-orders available now from all the usual bookshops/websites. See thread for some early pre-press takes from some AMAZING writers and links to other stuff.
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In the derelict shell of what was once his family home, a dying man surveys the wreckage of his former life and drinks himself senseless, haunted by the chain of events that led him there. Dark, compl...
"Stu Hennigan is one of my favourite writers. His voice is unmistakable and always compelling. Keshed, in its presentation of class and fatherhood, displays verve, fearlessness and total commitnent to its characters and their world. It's brutal and beautiful." - Wendy Erskine
