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Karis Davies is the author of Clear, a novel.

Karis's debut novel, West, was shortlisted for the Rathbone's Folio Prize,

runner-up for the Society of Authors McKittrick Prize, and winner of the Wales Book of the Year

for fiction. She is also the author of the Mission House, which was the Sunday Times, London,

2020 novel of the year, and two collections of short stories. Some New Amb new ambush and the redemption of Galen Pike,

which won the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, and the Gerwood Fiction Uncovered

Prize. Her other awards include the Royal Society of Literature's V.S. Pritchett Prize,

the Society of Authors Olive Cook Short Story Award, and a Coleman Fellowship at the New York Public Library. Born

in Wales, she lived and worked for 12 years in New York and Chicago and now lives in Edinburgh.

Clear is her most recent novel. Welcome, Keras. Thank you so much for coming on Mom's

and have time to read books to discuss your novel Clear. Congratulations. Thank you for having me.

This is a beautiful work of literature. I mean,

it really feels like that. Like, it's almost a surprise that's coming out today. I mean,

it feels like it could have come out a hundred years ago. I don't know, when. I mean, it's like

timeless. There's a timeless beautiful quality to it, and it's very impressive. So, anyway,

just thought I'd start with that.

Thank you. Can you tell listeners what your book is about? Sure. So Scotland, 1843 and Scottish landowner

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