The acclaimed debut novel from award-winning poet Andrew McMillan exploring community, masculinity and post-industrialisation in Northern England.  The town was once a hub of industry.  A place where men toiled underground in darkness, picking and shovelling in the dust and the sleck.  It was dangerous and back-breaking work but it meant something.  Once, the town provided, it was important; it had purpose.  But what is it now?

Set across three generations of South Yorkshire mining family, here is a lament for a lost way of life as well as a celebration of resilience and the possibility for change.

A Sunday Times Best Book of 2024, an Independent best fiction to read in 2024 and A Guardian best book to look out for in 2024.

‘A deeply felt and rich enactment of love, loneliness and personal triumph that leaves an indelible mark on modern Queer life’ Ocean Vuong  

Auriel Majumdar is a Creative Coach, Supervisor, Consultant and Educator