In a London flat, two young boys face the unbearable sadness of their mother’s sudden death. Their father, a Ted Hughes scholar and scruffy romantic, imagines a future of well-meaning visitors and emptiness. In this moment of despair they are visited by Crow – antagonist, trickster, healer, babysitter.
This is a marmite experience - you either love or hate it! I loved it!!
Touching, beautifully written, heart rending. Max Porter manages to get right to the heart of what it means to lose someone. More of a novella, and part essay on grief. Don't pass this one by in the bookshop!
