The Swallowed Man by Edward Carey novel an impoverished stocking frame worker

an impoverished stocking frame worker in Leicestershire

Elizabeth David's Christmas is a celebration of every traditional recipe and favourite indulgence that we savour during the festive season

they help her in her increasingly desperate quest to give birth to a son and heir

Life on wheels doesn't have to mean eating out of cans and packets: from the romance of fireside cooking

I don't think I'll ever stop thinking about her' Elizabeth Day'So insanely good and true and twisted it'll make your teeth sweat' Olivia Wilde'Like a series of grenades exploding' Marian KeyesI drove myself out of New York City where a man shot himself in front of me

The Swallowed Man by Edward Carey novel an impoverished stocking frame worker'Haunting. Geppetto's voice, full of wistful overemphases and bewildered revelation, is absorbing as he takes in the oddity of his situation. And the book, sentence by sentence, offers much in which to luxuriate.' Sunday Times'Profound and delightful. It is a strange and tender parable of two maddening obsessions; parenting and art making' Max Porter 'Strange, moving and musical, it's a delight' A. L. KennedyI am writing this account, in another man's