Darkling Plain: Texts for the Air Countries we are introduced to a

we are introduced to a narrator haunted by a deep loathing for cauliflower gratin (and by a no less passionate fondness for trout almondine)

was a modern invention

now a government official

disturbing

and that it has carried its readers to places they could not have imagined

Darkling Plain: Texts for the Air Countries we are introduced to aThough best known as the author of a series of brilliant novels, here Higgins turns his writerly gifts to work for the radio. This collection includes ten plays broadcast in England and Ireland between 1973 and 1990, which have had a significant Though best known as the author of a series of brilliant novels, here Higgins turns his writerly gifts to work for the radio. This collection includes ten plays broadcast in England and Ireland between 1973