Small Rain

<p><b>A <i>New Statesman </i>Book of the Year<br><br>''My book of the year . . . Rarely has illness made for such a compelling read'' ¿ John Boyne, author of <i>The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas</i><br>''Marvelous: exceptionally vivid, real, and true'' ¿ Colm T¿ib¿ author of <i>Long Island</i><br>''Fundamentally about the beauty of life'' ¿ Alice Winn, author of <i>In Memoriam</i><br>''Exquisite. Utterly mesmerizing'' - Mark Haddon, author of <i>The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time</i><br>''A fierce beautiful novel'' - Sarah Moss, author of <i>Summerwater</i></b><br><b>''Beautiful, evocative'' ¿ <i>The Times</i></b><br><br><b>A medical crisis brings one man close to death ¿ and to love, art, and beauty ¿ in a profound and luminous novel by award-winning author Garth Greenwell.</b><br><br>A poet¿s life is turned inside out by a sudden, wrenching pain. The pain brings him to his knees, and eventually to the ICU. Confined to bed, plunged into the dysfunctional American healthcar