A collection of tales and sketches from the Cornish coast, opening with a poet and his wife at New Year. Here are “The Roll-Call of the Reef”, where drowned soldiers answer a drum, “The Looe Die-Hards”, “My Grandfather, Hendry Watty”, wrestlers, jetsam and fishing-town humour.
Atmospheric regional storytelling by “Q”, the editor of the Oxford Book of English Verse. Download the free EPUB.