Other country, paperback/carol ann duffy

This book leads our imagination to places our minds could not have suspected were there, or would not have dared to go alone.

Some of its voices are disarmingly direct, while others blur the lines between fantasy and reality, confession and self-delusion, forcing us to re-examine everything we thought we knew about some of our most basic human drives and emotions.

This collection is deeply intelligent, unflinchingly honest, with a deftness of touch and tone, and openness all the more moving for its lack of sentimentality.