The Mayor of Casterbridge local books these poems attend to the

these poems attend to the organic shapes and sounds and momentum of the language as it's spoken as well as how it's thought: fresh

Edited by Jay Rubin with an introduction by Haruki Murakami

Imprint: White Star

create your own bird feeders and even get friendly with worms

Shearer's revealing history boasts a colourful cast of characters past and present

The Mayor of Casterbridge local books these poems attend to theOn a drunken impulse, Michael Henchard, a hay trusser by trade, sells his wife Susan and their child to a sailor. Years later, Susan returns to Casterbridge a widow, to seek her legal husband who is, surprisingly, now the Mayor.