A New Statesman Book of the Year
''My book of the year . . . Rarely has illness made for such a compelling read'' - John Boyne, author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
''Marvelous: exceptionally vivid, real, and true'' - Colm T-ib- author of Long Island
''Fundamentally about the beauty of life'' - Alice Winn, author of In Memoriam
''Exquisite. Utterly mesmerizing'' - Mark Haddon, author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
''A fierce beautiful novel'' - Sarah Moss, author of Summerwater
''Beautiful, evocative'' - The Times
A medical crisis brings one man close to death - and to love, art, and beauty - in a profound and luminous novel by award-winning author Garth Greenwell.
A poet-s life is turned inside out by a sudden, wrenching pain. The pain brings him to his knees, and eventually to the ICU. Confined to bed, plunged into a dysfunctional healthcare system, h
