Highway Cottage by Ralf Webb crossword As his 18-year-old son climbed

As his 18-year-old son climbed onto the podium

In a sleepy village in the Shire

And Other StoriesISBN: 9781916751040Extent: 352 pages

trampling over family boundaries and sending each of the Smarts scurrying from the dark into the light

PaperackPublication: 15 Jan 2007

Highway Cottage by Ralf Webb crossword As his 18-year-old son climbedHighway Cottage weaves the story of a strange homecoming. A young poet travels to the heart of the English countryside back to the West Country village where he grew up. Descending into the valley where the small riverside community still resides, he finds himself within a dreamlike landscape, peopled by uncanny figures: drone operators and hunters; half familiar friends; local historians, and braying councillors trying desperately to oust a community