Cuckoo

Cuckoos are parasites; they can't help themselves. It's their nature, and their fate. Slyly abandoned in another bird’s nest, the cuckoo chick is an outrageous impostor. Its survival depends on the ruthless elimination of its siblings, frequently - and heedlessly - working its unsuspecting foster-parents to death.

Growing up in Highbury in the early 90s, Pat feels monstrous and out of place. A decade earlier, three-year-old nephew Liam drowned in the bath. No one knows exactly what happened. Pat, a few months older than Liam, was in the bath with him but can’t remember a thing. Indeed, when you carry on playing with your nephew long after the incident, it’s hard to believe they are even dead until someone points to the gravestone. And when you find out that your parents weren’t who you thought they were, the connection to the cuckoo seems complete. But there’s worse to come: villainy, prostitution, murder, madness and moving to Spurs turf.

CUCKOO is the dark and funny story of a young person coming to terms with a truly terrible legacy.