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About this book
Catching a sudden look of defiance from his granddaughter inspires Hugo Williams to take up his pen and write this deeply moving new collection of poetry - the first since
I Knew the Bride (2014), shortlisted for the Forward and T. S. Eliot prizes. He navigates assuredly from thoughtful reminiscences of childhood and accounts of the war, through various climes and sensitively drawn relationships, to grim humour in the hospital ward and growing older with its attendant doubts and disappearances. The collection retains the same mischief, frankness and joie-de-vivre that have earned Williams so much praise and readership.
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Table of contents
- Landing Page
- Title Page
- Dedication ‘To My Granddaughter Silver’
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- The Conductor Raises His Arms
- Bed of Nails
- Pepys Island
- Lines Off
- Dear Arm
- Dialysis Days
- The Last of the Mohicans
- My War
- The Savoy Hotel in Wartime
- Teatime 1945
- Fort Winter
- True Detective
- Touch
- Shadow Pack
- An Attendant Lord
- The Coming Out Ball
- A Pretty One
- Tara Browne
- Amtrak
- Night Shift
- Party Casuals
- Ghost Signs
- A Sailing Wind
- Big White Day
- Birdwatch
- Poem
- Two Poets
- His War
- The Deal
- In My Absence
- Consultation
- X-Ray
- Leaking Doctor
- Transplant 2014
- Fall Zone
- Distant Grounds
- Skyros
- Homesick
- Carphology
- TV Times
- The Leaving Test
- Going-Home Time
- Couple on a Bus
- A New Country
- The Check-Up
- The Love Field
- The Sorrow Club
- St Pancras Old Church and Hospital
- The Half-Open Door
- About the Author
- By the Same Author
- Copyright
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