thank you dharshini and charlie, you'll both be back at 11.30 for another look at the stories making tomorrow. coming up next — meet the author. fiona mozley‘s elmet is a story that you might describe as contemporary gothic, raw and dark and lyrical with a rich bit of melodrama. a debut novel powerful enough to take it to the man booker shortlist in the autumn, told by a iii—year—old, it sets the here and now against a brutal and more elemental past, and explores a complex and ambiguous relationship between three members of a family who are all, in their own ways, different. welcome. it's interesting that in trying to write about the contemporary world, trying to say something about the contemporary world, you were drawn to a wild past, a man who lives on land that he doesn't own, in a house that was built with his own hands. how did you come to feel that that was the best avenue to write about the here and now? i think contrast is always a good tool when trying to talk about something very specific, and i did want to address the issues of today. i think those are brought into relief