A cast of brilliant eccentrics are bound together by the search for a missing girl, with multiple voices orchestrated expertly by the critically acclaimed "Ulverton" author. von Thorpe, Adam

Adam Thorpe was born in Paris in 1956. His first novel, Ulverton, appeared in 1992, and he has published two books of stories, six poetry collections, and nine further novels, most recently Flight (2012). www.adamthorpe.net

Adam Thorpe was born in Paris in 1956. His first novel, Ulverton, appeared in 1992 and he has published two books of stories and ten further novels, most recently Missing Fay (2017). Words from the Wall is his seventh poetry collection.

Twenty years after the publication of his classic novel, "Ulverton", the acclaimed poet revisits the landscape which inspired him. It is a memoir told in fragments and family snapshots, built layer on layer from Britain's ancient and...