Bernard didn't mean to fall in love, summon a ghost, or uncover a murder -- but these things have a habit of happening when you're a self-conscious teenager in a strictly conservative Scottish fishing village.

After falling for Ailsa in the most unlikely of places, he soon learns her heart lies elsewhere. At his lowest ebb, he's talked into drinking a mysterious brew -- a choice that brings him face-to-face with the ghost of Ailsa's late father and sets off a run of unsettling events where he uncovers the dark secrets surrounding the man's death and the brew's eerie power.

Set in 1987, Bernard's only sources of friendship are Morrissey on the turntable, eloquently whining about being miserable, and a poster of Toshiro Mifune he has adopted as a surrogate father. His habit of overthinking and quietly observing -- and his stubborn affection for Ailsa -- becomes the only compass he has for navigating the strange, eerie world closing in around him.

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