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The fictional debut of an important new novelist

About the Author

Henry Shukman has worked as a trombonist, a trawlerman and a travel writer. He is also a prize-winning poet. His first poetry collection, In Doctor No's Garden, won the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival Prize and was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. His first novel, Sandstorm, was published by Jonathan Cape in 2005 and won the Authors Club First Novel Award.

Reviews

Shukman emerges from the shadows of swaying palm trees and his literary forebears, and produces something both authentic and exhilaratingly his own
*Sunday Times*

He's superb, like Conrad on speed
*Conde Nast Traveller*

Sharp and scrupulous-[Shukman] maintains a masterly tension and control
*Daily Telegraph*

Shukman's prose is utterly seductive
*Literary Review*

Pacy, pithy and full of wonderful, (often humorous) moments
*Scotsman*

Spine-chilling twists and turns - Graham Greene eat your heart out
*Tatler*

Darien Dogs is a bullishly confident and vivacious collection
*Time Out*

Beautifully paced and pitched
*Independent*