SeascraperLONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 BOOKER PRIZE Twenty year old Thomas Flett lives a slow, deliberate life with his mother in Longferry, Northern England, working his grandpa's trade as a shanker. He rises early to take his horse and cart to the drizzly shore to scrape for shrimp, and spends the afternoon selling his wares, trying to wash away the salt and sea scum, pining for his neighbor, Joan Wyeth, and playing songs on his guitar. At heart, he is a folk