First published in Great Britain in 2 0 23 by Carcanet A l l iance House, 30 Cross Street Manchester, m 2 7a q www.carcanet.co.uk The R ight of Joey Connolly to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Design and Patents Act of 1988; a l l r ights reser ved. A CIP cata logue record for this book is available from the British Librar y. isbn 978 1 80017 319 4 Book design by Andrew Latimer, for Carcanet Typesetting by LiteBook Prepress Ser v ices Printed in Great Britain by SRP Ltd, Exeter, Devon The publisher acknowledges financia l assistance from Arts Council England.