The Western Wind is the winner of the 2019 Staunch Book Prize
‘A fascinating insight into the times, the privations, the sheer smallness and hardship of life that grinds on at subsistance level. Descriptions are achingly vivid – you feel the mud, the cold, the wet, the misery as if you were there, yet the result is not only intriguing but entertaining. The mystery unravels backwards in time, the language feels right and this unique, deftly told story is exquisitely handled in every respect.’