Ralf Webb

A dreamlike, unsettling portrait of a riverside village in the heart of rural England. Highway Cottage weaves the story of a strange homecoming. A young poet travels to the heart of the English countryside—back to the West Country village where he grew up. Descending into the valley where the small riverside community still resides, he finds himself within a dreamlike...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD 2025 'Remarkable... entertaining... deft... moving... refreshing' Daily Telegraph 'A richly rewarding account of a resonant cultural moment' Guardian 'Textured literary portraits of the masculine mind and body' Raymond Antrobus, author of The Perseverance In October 1960, James Baldwin and John Cheever spoke on a panel together at San Francisco...