Leyla Sanai

The diary of a dying man: Graham Caveney’s poignant cancer memoir

With months to live, Caveney looks back on his childhood, muses on favourite writers, decries NHS underfunding and rejoices in his beloved partner, Emma

Graham Caveney at the International Edinburgh Book Festival in 2017. [Getty Images] 
issue 15 June 2024
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  • The Body in the Library

    Graham Caveney

    Peninsula Press, pp. 256, £12

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