Madeleine Feeny

An authentic portrait of gay love in small-town Britain: The Whale Tattoo reviewed

Rusty trawlers, tidal rot and heavy Norfolk skies are the backdrop for this story of growing up an outsider

Bleak times: coastal Norfolk is the backdrop to Ransom’s debut novel. [Rick Bowden/Loop Images/Universal Images Group/Getty] 
issue 16 July 2022
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  • The Whale Tattoo

    Jon Ransom

    Muswell Press, pp. 240, £9

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