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A superb second novel looking at the nature of deceit and desire
James Lasdun was born in London and now lives in upstate New York. He has published two collections of short stories, three books of poetry and two novels, The Horned Man and Seven Lies. His story 'The Siege' was adapted by Bernardo Bertolucci for his film Beseiged. He co-wrote the screenplay for the film Sunday (based on another of his stories) which won Best Feature and Best Screenplay awards at Sundance, 1997. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in poetry, and currently teaches poetry and fiction workshops at Princeton. In 2006 he won the inaugural National Short Story competition with 'An Anxious Man'.
'This enormously inventive, superbly written novel puts more seasoned authors in the shade' Sunday Times
A brilliant new collection from one of our finest story writers
The clever, moving and often funny third collection by a major English poet.
Eight years on from his assured and acclaimed first collection, A JUMP START, James Lasdun here consolidates his reputation as a writer of rich, dense and carefully worked poems of gem-like brillance.