Ghost Town Street

Kenny Knight's fourth collection was written between 2020 and 2022, a time when ordinary towns frequently resembled ghost towns, the author's native Plymouth being no different from anywhere else in this regard. His surreal mix of deadpan narrative, skewed memory and keen observation - the latter made poignant by the great deterioration in the author's sight over recent years - is sui generis. For the reader, it's a delightful road to be on, and Kenny Knight the ideal travel companion.

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