Alan Titley's singular literary trajectory continues with the publication of this bilingual collection as the latest stage of a literary and academic career comprising novels, short stories, plays, essays, columns, translations and sundry literary and critical studies. Never one to take himself too solemnly, this collection merits and rewards serious attention, as it is characterised by his sensitive use of language, lyrical intensity and musical awareness, as well as humour, exuberance and wit in its widest sense. The literary talent of Alan Titley is never confined to one genre, from his challenging historical novels to his more lighthearted tales of the Russian mafia, mad hurlers and sad barmaids. This new bilingual collection is another poetic portal into the essential Titley, his humour, art and humanity.