Secret Heart Rare a man lies dying in

a man lies dying in the guest chamber

an African poet also employed to divert the passengers

a fatwa signals a different ideological faultline and a refugee seeks safety in Wychwood

as some assert

Henry Pulling

Secret Heart Rare a man lies dying inJoe lives with his mother in Helmouth, a forgotten village crumbling on the edge of the suburbs. His days are spent trying to evade the demands of school and the taunts of the local bullies. Joe's friend, Stanny, insists that Joe must toughen up, become a survivor and he is adamant that a weekend in the wilderness with Stanny and his Uncle Joff will do the trick. Into Joe's unhappy world comes Hackenschmidt's Circus, and with it the strangely familiar