Flid

'Flid' is the story of a man born without arms and legs – a thalidomide survivor – who actively rejects the assumptions of a disabling society.

A moving, anarchic – and often comic – account of the early life and education of Kevin Donnellon, Flid follows his first tentative steps into the workplace, his gradual politicisation and the varied romantic relationships that he haplessly pursues.

An ebullient and optimistic force, it is only when Kevin – now a mature student – meets his soul mate (at university) that he starts to reassess a condition that he has long come to accept (and to question what he has any right to hope for).