Nine Lessons From The Dark

It’s hard to imagine greater skill or concision. There are never going to be many poets in any generation who leave you strapped for superlatives; excitingly, Thorpe is one of them – Robert Potts * Literary Review *He is a powerful lyric poet, able to evoke place in the manner of Geoffrey Hill – John Kinsella * Observer *Excellent…Thorpe’s poems are finely scored for the voice, but they go beyond the recognisable into the mystical – Peter Porter * Observer *Erudite, observant, an artist with the language – Martyn Crucefix * Poetry Review *Verve and intelligence - a beauty of feeling and language – Douglas Dunn * Evening Standard *Elegiac, haunting landscape, a refusal to give redundant biographical detail, yet the feeling of genuine experience… masterly * Times Literary Supplement *A writer with exceptional gifts – Peter Kemp * Sunday Times *

Adam Thorpe was born in Paris in 1956. His first novel, Ulverton, appeared in 1992, and he has published two books of stories, six poetry collections, and nine further novels, most recently Flight (2012).

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