In the Flesh

Adam O''Riordan''s remarkable first collection traces the hidden paths from past to present, from the lost to the living, seeking familiarity in a world of ''false trails and disappearing acts''. Here relatives, friends and other absences are coaxed into life and urgently pressed on the reader as they surface, in the flesh.

Journeys begin with indelible detail and open into new and astonishing land...