The absent therapist

The Absent Therapist is a book of soundings, a jostle of voices that variously argue, remember, explain, justify, speculate and meander . . . Sons and lovers, wanderers, wonderers, stayers, leavers, readers and believers.

These are gripping narratives, with intriguing shifts of register, but they are also technically experimental and daring.

Each sentence is weighed, poised. The intelligence with which Will Eaves handles language is modest and rare.

The absent therapist is the listening reader to whom this compelling book is a fabulous gift.