Grief Is the Thing with Feathers

Winner of the 2016 International Dylan Thomas Prize and shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Goldsmiths Prize.

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. In this moment of despair they are visited by Crow - antagonist, trickster, healer, babysitter.

A SUNDAY TIMES TOP 100 NOVEL OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
WINNER OF THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE
WINNER OF THE SUNDAY TIMES/PFD YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD
WINNER OF THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG READER AWARD
WINNER OF THE EUROPESE LITERATUURPRIJS
SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE
SHORTLISTED FOR THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD

'Amazing and unforgettable.'THE TIMES
'Dazzlingly good.' ROBERT MACFARLANE
'Unlike anything I've read before.' GUARDIAN
'Captivating, poetic, and surprising.' CILLIAN MURPHY

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.

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.