for Gill First published in Great Britain in 2016 by Carcanet Press Limited Alliance House, 30 Cross Street, Manchester, M2 7AQ www.carcanet.co.uk Text copyright © Tom Pickard, 2016 The right of Tom Pickard to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act of 1988; all rights reserved. A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library, ISBN 9781784102647 The publisher acknowledges financial assistance from Arts Council England.