Without a City Wall: Winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize

Winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize

'Profoundly moving'
The Times

'Bragg excels himself here'
Financial Times

Disillusioned with his successful life in London, Richard Godwin moves to a remote Cumberland village in search of a more fulfilling existence. His arrival coincides with a birth of an illegitimate child to a local woman, binding her to a future she had hoped to escape. As these two outsiders struggle to come to terms with themselves - and each other - their passion, desperation and delight draw all those around them into conflict.