Hamish Macdonald: 5 books

When Farchar MacNab goes on a blinder of a drinking session at Hogmanay he stays away for three days. The temperature drops to minus 22, and he returns to his remote unheated cottage in the thaw to find that his partner and newborn baby have frozen to death. Fach retreats to Glasgow, where he tries...

Hugh and Simon weren’t exactly made for each other, more like… manufactured. Hugh Willard and Simon Williams couldn’t be less alike. They’ve been friends their whole lives, but five years ago their differences led to a fight and they haven’t spoken since. Now Hugh has discovered...

If you had all the money in the world, what would you want? After all the hype, New Year's 2000 has come and gone without a hitch. Well, almost: while Fix was working on a Y2K solution for a Canadian bank, he accidentally released a bug that gave his bank account 2000 years' worth of interest. Now...

A light-hearted climate change adventure story about an insurance salesman at the end of the world. After a thirty-year rationing plan called “The Effort” the prime minister declares VC Day: “Victory over the Climate”. But chronically depressed insurance salesman Jeremy Chutter knows...

You're never too old to run away from home. Stefan Mackechnie lives in the shadow of his mother, famous folk-singer and variety show host Delonia Mackechnie. When Stefan writes a letter out of frustration to his dead father, he receives an unexpected reply — a message that leads him to a timeless city where he’ll face love, oblivion, and eternity.