Chris McQueer

2 months ago | heraldscotland.com | Dani Garavelli |Chris McQueer

Growing up in Glasgow’s East End with his single mum, Tracy, Chris McQueer had a firm idea about the type of man he wasn’t going to be. “There were always rumours about what was going on behind closed doors - like: ‘Oh, he batters his missus’,” he says. “I’d hear the way my mum and my gran used to talk about those men, and I’d think: ‘I never want anyone to talk about me like that’.”  A trickier question was what type of man he *should* become.

2 months ago | booksfromscotland.com | Chris McQueer |Vikki Reilly

‘I wanted to explore themes of loneliness, masculinity, mental health and trauma as well as how easy it is for boys and young men to be preyed upon by toxic ideologies like that of incels.’We don’t know about you, but we’ve been excitedly anticipating Chris McQueer’s first novel ever since we read his first short story collection, Hings. And it’s here at last! We spoke to Chris McQueer about Hermit and its themes.