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ClareR (6144 KP) rated Seascraper in Books
Apr 18, 2026
Thomas Flett is a shanker: he takes a horse and cart to the beach at low tide and scrapes across the shore for shrimp that he sells to a local merchant for cash. It’s a hard life, and the quality of the shrimp deteriorates as the pollution affects them.
Thomas is the result of his mothers relationship at just 15 with a school teacher. He never knows this man, as he joined up and was then killed in the war to escape the disgrace of what he’d done. He lives with her in his dead grandfathers house, and his mother suffers for having kept him. She remains unmarried still, and has had few opportunities in her life - much like Thomas. Life as a shanker is hard, repetitive and dangerous. So when a Hollywood film maker turns up on their doorstep offering a lot of money for Thomas’ knowledge of the seashore and tides, Thomas is more than happy to help him.
Seascraper covers themes of identity, social class, illusion vs reality and mental health - so much in just 176 pages. It’s no wonder that Thomas is interested by the offer of the film maker: he wants to sing at his local pubs folk nights, but he has to hide his guitar and his talent from his mother. She sees spending any money or time on anything other than work a waste of money. His life is relentlessly dull and hard.
Seascraper has stayed with me long after I read it, and I will be looking for the authors other books to read.
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