‘O Caledonia’: A noir novel for the Anthropocene

CHELSEA JACK FITZGERALD: Elspeth Barker’s newly reprinted 1991 noir novel O Caledonia. Barker’s first and only novel set in postwar Scotland — dubbed “one of the best least-known novels of the 20th century” by author Ali Smith — was recently republished by Scribner just months after the author’s death… After a cold opening, the novel … Continue reading ‘O Caledonia’: A noir novel for the Anthropocene