Mad Girl'S Love SongWhat happens when cultures collide? When poets and angels clash? Driven by voices in her head and visions of angelhood, Pari is the heroine of this extraordinary novel. Part detective story, part literary history and part romance, this is the tale of a paranoid schizophrenic child woman who is seduced ike many others by a language and culture not 'ours'. Rukmini Bhaya Nair skillfully weaves together the lives of Pari, Sylvia Plath, William Blake and

however—secrets that begin resurfacing

Fathered by one of the most illustrious sages of the time

The wind howls through the trees

This is young Abbas's remarkable story of innocence and wisdom

A man's body

a Macaroon tower

so do read it' THE TIMES

honest and affecting

author of The End of Nature

Frank is a grumpy old curmudgeon

They are the most chronicled family on the face of the globe

Local doctor Eric Parry