Canongate Books

Would that Free Play found its way into every school, office, hospital, and factory. It is a most exciting book and a most important one — Yehudi Menuhin More…

A beautiful writer . . . Exceptional . . . Made me catch my breath . . . Her language is straightforward, chatty, easy-to-read. Musical. Though Thorn tells us sharp truths, we gobble them up... — Financial Times More…

A mesmeric combination of vivid, keen, obsessive precision and raw, urgent energy — The Guardian More…

The formative incidents of Scott-Heron's life are placed in their cultural and historical contexts with great delicacy and precision — Sunday Telegraph More…

Incisive and intriguing — Evening Standard More…