
A masterful debut short story collection from the award-winning critically-acclaimed poet Adam O' Riordan In these eight stories an English writer focuses his gaze on America's West Coast moving from fractured lives in remote sun-scorched towns to the charged hum of Venice Beach A man visits his long-distance lover in Los Angeles; the foreman of a desert building project embarks on a journey into California's underworld; an artist finds peace in exile after the disintegration of an affair; & itinerant Brits discuss love & acting in downtown LA Written with an outsider's keen eye this collection paints an intimate portrait of diverse lives in a work of remarkable beauty & poignancy