Celeste Tanya Tagaq Winner of the National Book

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize

The book seeks catharsis

the trapped souls doomed to repeat their circumscribed daily life for ever

in which riding pillion is a metaphor for the risks of love and desire in middle-age – speed

"an unrivalled and often witty account of the Caribbean Voices and West African Voices programmes and the writing personalities involved in the crucial 1950s period

Celeste Tanya Tagaq Winner of the National BookA 17 year old woman doesn't return home from a night out. Four witnesses relate their interactions with her the day she disappears as we try to understand why she's gone and if she'll ever return.