Cal (novel)

Cal is a novel by the Northern Irish writer Bernard MacLaverty from 1983. It deals with the Northern Ireland conflict and is about a young man named Cal, who lives as a Catholic among Protestants. His father works at a nearby slaughterhouse, his mother is dead. Because of his life situation, Cal does not find any real friends. He only has acquaintances from the militant, Catholic separatist movement Irish Republican Army (IRA), which he does not count among his friends.

Cal irregularly takes on assignments as a driver in IRA terrorist activities. One of these assignments makes him guilty of aiding and abetting murder when his fellow passenger kills the farm owner, Mr. Morton. Cal soon falls in love with his widow Marcella Morton, who works in the city library.

The novel was made into a film in 1984 under the direction of Pat O'Connor .

Web links

• Cal in the Internet Movie Database (English)