** Pre-order Shy, the new novel from Max Porter, now ** A SUNDAY
TIMES TOP 100 NOVEL OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY Winner of the 2016
International Dylan Thomas Prize and the Sunday Times/Peter, Fraser
+ Dunlop Young Writer of the Year award and shortlisted for the
Guardian First Book Award and the Goldsmiths Prize. In a London
flat, two young boys face the unbearable sadness of their mother's
sudden death. Their father, a Ted Hughes scholar and scruffy
romantic, imagines a future of well-meaning visitors and emptiness.
In this moment of despair they are visited by Crow - antagonist,
trickster, healer, babysitter. This sentimental bird is drawn to
the grieving family and threatens to stay until they no longer need
him. This extraordinary debut, full of unexpected humour and
emotional truth, marks the arrival of a thrilling and significant
new talent.
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