John Burnside

Short and bitter-sweet

His bitter-sweet stories have always been profoundly moving as well as funny, and his final collection is no exception

issue 03 February 2018

  • The Largesse of the Sea Maiden

    Denis Johnson

    Cape, pp. 208

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