Paul Dalgarno is the author of And You May Find Yourself and Poly. His latest novel, A Country of Eternal Light, will be published in February 2023, followed by Prudish Nation in June.

If you could go anywhere tomorrow, where would
it be, and why?

I’d go to Scotland because my dad’s unwell and I haven’t seen him in years.

What’s your idea of hell?

You can always add one more element to make hell worse, which in itself is a kind of hell. Burning for all eternity would be suboptimal, but what if you also had to listen to ‘Achy Breaky Heart’ on a never-ending loop?