Venice Requiem Format:Paperback this is a novel about

this is a novel about possession

the dog and I both found ourselves incapable of ever cherishing a sense of belonging

Lodge’s poems are rich in detail and narrative – astute observations that transport the reader to a whole new world with each turn of the page

the personal and the political

and now lives in Norfolk

Venice Requiem Format:Paperback this is a novel aboutOn the 22nd of January 2017, Pateh Sabally, a twenty two year old Gambian refugee living in Italy since 2015, arrives in Venice from Milan. He leaves his backpack near the Scalzi Bridge, puts his train ticket and residence permit in a plastic pouch, and then plunges into the cold waters of the Grand Canal, amidst the gaze of onlookers and tourists. As he drowns, some insult him, while others shout "Africa". Outraged by this tragic death, the novels