The Green Month by Matthew Francis

The Green Month by Matthew FrancisDafydd ap Gwilym, Wales's greatest poet, explored love, desire and the natural world with startling frankness and virtuoso wit. In a sequence freely adapted from Dafydd's work, Matthew Francis brings him to life for the modern English speaking reader: as he waits in the woods for his lover, ogles the girls in church or causes chaos during a midnight assignation. Plants, birds and animals are fondly invoked while weather and the elements wind, waves,

Keiko's family wishes she'd get a proper job

he is scorned by the suitors - but Penelope recognises in him something terrible: her husband

the claustrophobic world of Rowan Anderson and his inscrutable wife begins to disintegrate

finds himself reunited with his erstwhile travelling companions at the country home of their leader

Packed with perplexing puzzles

and there is a ceramic tradition everywhere there was human activity

and accessible dog days out

and for kids who are ready to read by themselves

' - The Observer'Subtly radical

Zadie Smith‘Zadie Smith is a wonderful essayist

and ready to terrorise the hapless local population of a northern European country

DCI Christine Caplan is pulled in to investigate