Littoral by Nicholas Murray

The 'bleak and blasty' sands of Crosby Beach provide the stage for a cast of mysterious and sometimes sinister figures: scavengers and shrimpers, raucous boys, a lonely priest and a disillusioned soldier, with the steely waters of the Mersey, passing ships, and the play of sunlight on distant hills an ever-restless backdrop. In these vivid dramas Nicholas Murray reveals to us the bitter sweetness of departure and return to a place known with the intense intimacy of childhood, and weighs the ‘loss and gain/ that exile forces.'

Praise for Nicholas Murray's work:

'A real treat... an elemental menagerie in which the poet's own delight through verbal magic becomes ours.' Christopher Reid, on Of Earth, Water, Air and Fire

'The poems have an emotional intelligence, a wit, I really admire.' Michèle Roberts, on City Lights