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My Angel

Adam Thorpe

‘I am full of unreal desires and worthless imaginings.’

Fiction
Granta 137
23rd November 2016
Fiction
Granta 137
23rd November 2016

Adam Thorpe

Adam Thorpe is a poet, novelist, translator and critic. He is the author of the novel Ulverton and of the poetry collection Voluntary. He lives in the Cévennes mountains.

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