(Fourth Estate, 2001).
Netley’s vast Victorian hospital stood for one hundred years of history, its traumatic, gothic story echoing out through personal memoir and collective memory.
‘A book that has everything a passionate reader could want – a subject that far transcends the trivial pursuits of contemporary writing, concerns both public and private, astonishing details, stylistic precision, a unique sense of time and place, and a great depth of vision.’
W.G. Sebald, Sunday Telegraph.
@MarkCocker2 an astonishing, protean place, Mark. I wrote about it a little here... t.co/vTUDLoPyDI… t.co/8uadVZC9J3
“Pet Shop Boys have always been mirror ball magicians. Their songs are euphoric and bruised.” @leebrackstone t.co/DzDdd8Auci
“This curious world which we inhabit is more wonderful than it is convenient; more beautiful than it is useful; it… t.co/yNqxWCTDSg
3.30 am: starry and still, the sky and the sea, same as they ever were, completely different.