In a poignant and captivating collection of sixty-three poems, Mark Powell pays homage to A. E. Housman's A Shropshire Lad, transposing it to his native Essex. Exploring similar themes that define Housman's seminal work - such as memory, myth, longing and mortality -- Powell presents his own insight into unrequited love, the dreamlike nature of youth, the implacability of nostalgia and the agony of loss.

Mark Powell was born and raised in Essex. He has previously published two novels: SNAP (2001) and BOX (2003)www.weidenfeldandnicolson.co.uk/contributor/mark-powell