Super 8 Dream

‘Fast, feverish and arresting’ George Harrison

Paul lives quietly in a northern town. By day, he works at a café; by night, he channels his anguish into the dark, arresting panels of his graphic novel, burying childhood trauma beneath ink and imagination.

When a chance conversation with a family member shatters this fragile equilibrium, he makes a decision that will change his life: he goes to the police. As rage, doubt and exhaustion threaten to overwhelm him, Paul must decide how far he is willing go in pursuit of the truth.

With precision, heart and formal daring, Ray Robinson charts one man’s journey from silence to reckoning, in a powerful story of art, memory and the cost of justice.

‘A fast, feverish and arresting novel. Intensely visual, and brought to life by surprising and effective turns of phrase, Ray Robinson's work is all the more disturbing for its focus on quiet horrors: those hidden behind closed doors and locked away in the anterooms of memory’ George Harrison, author of Season

‘You’d be hard pushed to find a book that better describes the life of a survivor. Other people’s actions against us may be fleeting, but the ramifications last a lifetime. This is a harrowing and yet beautiful story of one man living with those ramifications the best he can’ Richard Hall, author of I’m Fine

‘A haunting, brutally honest tour de force. This absorbing novel is a masterclass in the persistence of memory, proving that trauma never truly leaves – it simmers beneath the surface. A stunning testament to the brilliance of the human spirit’ Tunde Farrand, author of Wolf Country

‘A devastating novel with truth at its heart, both in subject and voice, rendering the unravelling facts of a historic abuse with unusual lyricism and artfulness. It feels as if we are peeling back the skin of adulthood to reveal an addled child beneath’ Anna Jean Hughes, The Pigeonhole

Hardback: 288pp

Published: Lightning (July 2026)

ISBN: 9781785634765