Muckle Flugga cover art

Muckle Flugga

 Preview
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free
Offer ends 29 January 2026 at 11:59PM GMT.
Prime members: New to Audible? Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Just £0.99/mo for your first 3 months of Audible.
1 bestseller or new release per month—yours to keep.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, podcasts, and Originals.
Auto-renews at £8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically.

Muckle Flugga

By: Michael Pedersen
Narrated by: Jack Lowden
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free

£8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly. Offer ends 29 January 2026 at 11:59PM GMT.

£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £18.99

Buy Now for £18.99

LIMITED TIME OFFER | £0.99/mo for the first 3 months

Premium Plus auto-renews at £8.99/mo after 3 months. Terms apply.

About this listen

NARRATED BY JACK LOWDEN

'A quirky and original debut that sizzles with scintillating prose.' BERNARDINE EVARISTO
'Michael Pedersen is a rare writer of real passion and power and this debut is phenomenal.' MATT HAIG

Life on a remote island is turned upside down by a stranger's arrival, testing bonds of family and tradition and leaving a young dreamer's future hanging in the balance.

It's no ordinary existence on the rugged isle of Muckle Flugga. The elements run riot and the very rocks that shape the place begin to shift under their influence. The only human inhabitants are the lighthouse keeper, known as The Father, and his otherworldly son, Ouse. Them, and the occasional lodger to keep the wolf from the door.

When one of those lodgers - Firth, a chaotic writer - arrives from Edinburgh, the limits of the world the keeper and his son cling to begin to crumble. A tug of war ensues between Firth and the lighthouse keeper for Ouse's affections - and his future. As old and new ways collide, and life-changing decisions loom, what will the tides leave standing in their wake?

©2025 Michael Pedersen (P)2025 Faber & Faber Coming of Age Fantasy Genre Fiction Literary Fiction

Listeners also enjoyed...

 Boy Friends cover art
Pity cover art
How to End a Story cover art
Upon A White Horse cover art
Trauma Industrial Complex cover art
A Complicated Woman cover art
Lobster cover art
All stars
Most relevant
What an absolute treat of a listen! a lyrical and intelligent story of fallibility, love and landscape. An inspired choice in Jack Lowden as narrator who inhabits the book completely.

a mesmerising story beautifully narrated

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
What an amazing listen. Pedersen is a true wordsmith, what a great story., great narration.

Out of this world!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I loved the mysterious timelessness of this story and the rich and evocative language, bringing alive the rocky island.

The language is as rich as Oust’s tapestry described within.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Jack Lowden’s narration is a perfect partner to Michael Pedersen’s story, language and mad world of Muckle Flugga. This is my first audio of any book, so a very high standard to top. The only thing was there are so many lines that I wanted to stop and hear again, to absorb and enjoy, so I bought the book and went back to read these parts. I will purchase this audiobook to enjoy Michael and Jack, and Ouse, Figgy, Firth and of course RLS whenever I need and want them in my life!

Absolutely brilliant!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Transported to Muckle Flugga and firmly anchored there for the duration. Possibly even longer. Brilliant writing and narration to boot.

First audio book

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews