A collection of masterpieces in short fiction in praise of hope, from prize-winning author John Burnside. Scottish Book of the Year 2013
John Burnside's last two books were the novel, A Summer of Drowning, shortlisted for the 2011 Costa Prize, and his poetry collection, Black Cat Bone, which won both the 2011 Forward Prize and the T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry.
Each story has a splash of intense colour at the heart… These are
Scottish versions of the stories of Raymond Carver… Burnside writes
tough, home-grown prose that inhabits the story form with perfect
fit.
*Independent*
A haunting and beautiful collection that deserves to be read slowly
and savoured but which you won’t be able to put down.
*Daily Express*
Masterly… A spiritual, haunting book.
*Sunday Times*
Burnside’s prose glitters.
*Independent on Sunday*
Burnside brings a poet’s linguistic precision and emotional acuity…
The writer’s deep, bloody engagement with the stuff of life can't
fail to leave the reader enlivened, and keen to feel more.
*Scotland on Sunday*
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