Luckenbooth

One of the most captivating literary journeys I've encountered in recent years," says Irvine Welsh, while Douglas Stuart, known for "Shuggie Bain," describes it as "exceptionally ambitious." Ian Rankin calls it "a fabulously subversive novel." The story begins in 1910 in Edinburgh, with Jessie, the daughter of the devil, arriving at a grand tenement. Tasked by her father to conceive a child for a wealthy pair, unforeseen complications lead her to cast a curse on the building and its inhabitants—a curse that perseveres for a hundred years. The diverse residents of 10 Luckenbooth Close, each with their unique narrative, find themselves entangled in this curse. As the external world evolves, inside, the malediction stealthily spreads across all nine floors. Ultimately, the building's most guarded secret—Jessie's ultimate fate—will come to light.