Cures Kevin Dicks Welsh Retrospective gives fascinating insights

Welsh Retrospective gives fascinating insights into Dannie Abse's Wales and his versatility as a poet

where he was a Newman Scholar

Gerard Manley Hopkins into German

Abbas Beydhoun

Cures Kevin Dicks Welsh Retrospective gives fascinating insightsFrom a sapient pig to human extinction, syphilis to broken bones, a woman who births rabbits to changelings in the crib, this collection explores the full range of human fallibility as well as the eternal quest for hopefulness. Cures is filled with strange characters: volcanic women, a rat catcher on the brink of retirement, a bonesetter, a drunkard, a mermaid; the collection is brimful with both the uncanny and the familiar, exploring the joys of