Constantine Phipps Livres

A much-lauded and Folio-nominated novel in verse that tells of an ordinary man's search for happiness

Short excerpt: For three years he had endured heat and cold, disappointment, discomfort, danger, and disease, with responsibility almost to top-heavy for one pair of shoulders; and day by day, through that time, the great Kashi Bridge over the Ganges had grown under his charge.