Grief Is the Thing with Feathers

<b>** Order <i>Shy</i> the <i>Sunday Times </i>number one bestseller from Max Porter now **</b><br><b></b><br><b>A <i>SUNDAY TIMES</i> TOP 100 NOVEL OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY</b><br><br><b>Winner of the 2016 International Dylan Thomas Prize and </b><b>the Sunday <i>Times</i>/Peter Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year award</b><b> and shortlisted for the </b><b><i>Guardian</i> First Book Award and the Goldsmiths Prize.</b><br><br><b>'Amazing and unforgettable.'</b> <i>THE TIMES</i><br><b>'Dazzlyingly good.'</b> ROBERT MACFARLANE<br><b>'Unlike anything I've read before.' </b><i>GUARDIAN</i><br><br>In a London flat two young boys face the unbearable sadness of their mother's sudden death. Their father a Ted Hughes scholar and scruffy romantic imagines a future of well-meaning visitors and emptiness. <br><br>In this moment of despair they are visited by Crow - antagonist trickster healer babysitter. This sentimental bird is drawn to the grieving family and threatens to stay until they no longer need him. <br><br>This extraordinary debut full of unexpected humour and emotional truth marks the arrival of a thrilling and significant new talent.