The Stromness DinnerEd fits kitchens in the small family business in London, and hes wondering if there isnt more to life. So when Marcus, a client in banking, offers him an extra job refurbishing a cottage in Stromness he thinks, why not? Orkney is certainly a welcome change of scene from Bermondsey, and the works easy enough. Then Marcus sister Claire arrives, all city power and perfume, and events take an unexpected turn. The Stromness Dinner is an offbeat, entirely

Seán Lysaght

this volume

A magical tale set in the Caribbean and a wonderful evocation of the oral story-telling traditions of the region

ultimately

It takes place in the worlds of the living and in the vivid afterlife of the dead

In the process Kitch

funny and visionary

” Beckian Fritz Goldberg

a person in an artworld

(from ‘The Lives of the City

Each warrior is aware that it could change their lives for ever

translated by Max Weiss