Graham was eighteen and rubbish at talking to females. He looked like a grown man, only he wasn’t yet; he was just all shoulders and neck, wide forehead and no talk. Everyone in the flute band was aware of this, so when they were out in the Ulster wilds it was him they dispatched to get the lunch,…
Hands Across the Water
Rachel Seiffert
I Graham was eighteen and rubbish at talking to females. He looked like a grown...
40 years of Granta

The Silkworms
Nothing to see here!

Peace Shall Destroy Many
What made him do what he did? Could it have all been for an ice cream bar, really? Will any of us ever know?

Blue Sky Days
What made him do what he did? Could it have all been for an ice cream bar, really? Will any of us ever know?

Vladimir in Love
What made him do what he did? Could it have all been for an ice cream bar, really? Will any of us ever know?

The Transition
What made him do what he did? Could it have all been for an ice cream bar, really? Will any of us ever know? What made him do what he did? Could it have all been for an ice cream bar, really? Will any of us ever know?
Rachel Seiffert
Born in Oxford in 1971, Rachel Seiffert divides her time between teaching and writing. Her first novel, The Dark Room, was shortlisted for the 2001 Booker Prize and she has also received a Los Angeles Times Book Prize and an Internation PEN award for her work.
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