Katharine Kilalea: OK MR FIELD W9 [2018] hardback ZTWRI As for Matilda

As for Matilda

From Head to Toe

the poet lived with the O'Toole family in Stillorgan for six months at a crucial point in his life

to a soft yellow duck and shimmering blue rocket

Phil is a very wise

Katharine Kilalea: OK MR FIELD W9 [2018] hardback ZTWRI As for MatildaMr Field, a concert pianist travelling back from a performance in London, fractures his left wrist in a train crash. On a whim, he uses his compensation cheque to buy a house he has seen only in a newspaper, a replica of Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye built on a stretch of coast outside Cape Town. When he moves there with his wife Mim, the house which Le Corbusier designed as 'a machine for living' has a disturbing effect. Mim disappears without apology