A Short Book About LoveLove in all its guises is the subject of Nick Murray's wise and witty fiction. Woven into a comic re telling of the classic legend of Tristan and Iseut one of the world's greatest love stories is the story of Felix, growing up in post war Liverpool and, in the wake of a father's death, trying to come to terms with the meaning of what Philip Larkin, called 'that much mentioned brilliance, love'. In between are narratives, playful and serious, on the

many of whom appear in Dylan Thomas-like character sketches

The Zoo Father

about learning to live outside time and between borders

Baudelaire

100 pages in length

rarely missing a beat and catching his humour with low-key contemporary phrasing

catcall through

albeit intermittently

CJ Sage’s poems appear in publications such as The Antioch Review

iridescent

and communicators with the wider world

John Petts