It marks the arrival of a thrilling and significant new literary talent. This extraordinary debut, partly based on Ted Hughes' Crow collection, is a deft feat of linguistic playfulness and daring, full of unexpected humour and emotional truth. Slowly, as the months pass, they become familiar with Crow and his odd companionship and almost imperceptibly, they begin to heal. This sentimental bird is drawn to the grieving family becoming the mouthpiece for their sorrow, an echo of what cannot be said. In this moment of despair they are visited by Crow - antagonist, trickster, healer, babysitter. Their father, a Ted Hughes scholar and scruffy romantic, imagines a future of well-meaning visitors and emptiness. In a London flat, two young boys face the unbearable sadness of their mother's sudden death. He is a reminder, a companion, a harbinger, a scruffy homeless layabout, a friend. He comes like the worst thing you could ever imagine, like something you should never have to imagine, he comes when you need him. He comes with a crackling of feathers and a smell of decay. I won’t leave until you don’t need me any more. One shiny jet-black eye as big as my face, blinking slowly, in a leathery wrinkled socket. Imprint: Faber & Faber, Series: N/A, Publisher: FABER & FABER, Published:, Pagination: 128 pages, Classification: Fiction & related items. Waterstones Fiction Book of the Month September 2016 Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future.
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