Mick Jackson’s moving portrayal of a Victorian misfit, who slowly comes to understand the history that lies behind his obsessive behaviour.
Mick Jackson is the prize-winning author of the novel The Underground Man, which was shortlisted for the 1997 Booker Prize.
Other notable works include Five Boys and The Widow’s Tale. He has also published, with the illustrator David Roberts, two acclaimed curiosities, Ten Sorry Tales and Bears of England.