The Unreliable Nature Writer — Claire Carroll

 In a grand mansion, a woman recounts a dream of social stability and home ownership to a bizarre tribunal who will determine her future.

At a campsite, ordinary families swarm to pass their sweltering summer holiday – and just off the coast, the rich and powerful enjoy a different kind of holiday from static cruise ships.

In suburbia, a woman, a beloved wife and mother, begins an affair with the humanoid robot her husband has brought home.

In this debut collection of short stories, White Review Short Story Prize shortlistee Claire Carroll plunges us into darkly funny visions of a near future, where late capitalism, climate anxiety and personal loss intersect.

Praise for The Unreliable Nature Writer:

“Ominous yet deeply tender, surreal yet undeniable, I could not look away.” -Saba Sams, BBC National Short Story Award-winning author of Send Nudes.