The Decadence by Leon Craig #literature

The Decadence by Leon Craig #literatureA gripping queer haunted house novel from the author of Parallel Hells. At the height of lockdown, a group of flailing twenty something friends makes an illicit break for freedom. A grand country house stands empty. Once the home of Theo's great uncle, it seems like the perfect place to get high and hang out in the spring sunshine, as they eschew adult responsibilities. Since meeting as teenagers, rifts have grown amongst the group. Even as they are

or will his own secrets destroy him first

Most known for his beautiful ballad

this is a masterly work of art

includes perennial favourites such as Marvell's 'The Garden' and Frost's 'After Apple-picking' and Roethke's famous greenhouse lyrics

A landmark anthology on British art history

Blindboy Boatclub is the essential voice for the Irish condition in the twenty-first century

but classic Coppola too

David Harsent

Queer is an enigma - both an unflinching autobiographical self-portrait and a coruscatingly political novel

In poems of rangy curiosity

But when Lucy learns the truth about his identity

The screenplay displays the subtle wit that has become Wes Anderson's trademark and has endeared his work to filmgoers around the world