SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDGE HILL PRIZE
SHORTLISTED FOR THE SCOTT PRIZE
RUNNER UP, BOCAS AWARD FOR FICTION
FEATURED ON BBC RADIO 4’S A GOOD READ

In Leone Ross’s luminous collection of short stories – ranging from richly extended stories to intense pieces of flash fiction, set between Jamaica and Britain –  anything can happen. A wife returns from the dead and marital bickering resumes, a headless girl barely lifts an eyebrow among her school companions, a security guard collects discarded hymens and uncovers a deeper empathy for women. At the heart of the stories is Leone Ross’s refusal to accept any boundary between the erotic and the most inventive kind of pornography. This is a richly varied, witty and entertaining collection whose frankness may sometimes tickle, sometimes shock; but always engages the intellect and the heart.

‘Leone Ross’s first short-story collection demonstrates her imaginative power and great psychological depth.’ Guardian