First published in Great Britain in 2018 in the Carcanet Classics series by Carcanet Press Limited Alliance House, 30 Cross Street, Manchester, M2 7AQ www.carcanet.co.uk Text copyright © Brenda Tomlinson, for the Estate of Charles Tomlinson 2018 Selection and commentary copyright © David Morley 2018 The right of Charles Tomlinson to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him and subsequently by his Estate 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 978 1 784106 79 9 The publisher acknowledges financial assistance from Arts Council England. Typeset in Great Britain by XL Publishing Services, Exmouth, Devon Printed in Great Britain by SRP Ltd., Exeter, Devon