Father Alberto and the Flying Girl

‘Profound and strange and utterly original. A book about madness and miracles, faith and pain, human frailty and human kindness - you have to read it to believe it’ * Rachel Seiffert, author of The Dark Room *‘The thing that struck me about this book (aside from its pitch-perfect, super-consistent tone, and the sharpness of the writing line-by-line) was its relevance. It’s about care, compassion and kindness, in the face of an unforgiving world. The story is as strange as it is universal, as dark as it is joyous, as hilarious as it is heartfelt: it’s a truly special book’ * Christopher Wakling, author of What I Did *

TIMOTHY X ATACK is a writer, composer, and sound designer. His work includes the stage plays Delay (Bristol Old Vic) and Heartworm (winner of the 2017 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting), and the eco-thriller audio drama Forest 404 for BBC Sounds (winner of the 2020 WGGB and ARIA awards for best audio drama).

Tim is from a Yorkshire family, grew up in Rio de Janeiro, and currently lives in Bristol, where he co-founded the production company Sleepdogs with director Tanuja Amarasuriya. Father Alberto and the Flying Girl is his first novel.