A novella from an award-winning poet and author, set on the small and remote island of Havergey amongst a community of survivors from a great human catastrophe. von Burnside, John

In these remarkable stories, John Burnside takes us into the lives of men and women trapped in marriage, ensnared by drink, diminished by disappointment; all kinds of women, all kinds of men - lonely, unfaithful, dying - driving empty...

Trade paperback. A new collection of poetry from the Scottish poet and prose writer. Burnside's "Black Cat Bone" won both the Forward Prize and the T.S. Eliot Prize. 'A master of language.' Hilary Mantel von Burnside, John