The Long Take Robin Robertson by Robin Robertson 9781487006242, 1487006241, B07HNB496R instant download after payment.

Robin Robertson’s lyrical narrative follows a good man haunted by war and violence - yet resolved to find kindness again, in the world and in himself.  A noir narrative written with the intensity and power of poetry, The Long Take is one of the most remarkable – and unclassifiable – books of recent years.

Walker is a D-Day veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder; he can’t return home to rural Nova Scotia. He looks instead to the great US cities for freedom, anonymity and repair. But while Walker tries to piece his life together, America itself is beginning to come apart: deeply paranoid, doubting its own certainties, riven by social and racial division, spiralling corruption and the collapse of the inner cities.

"...Robertson, a Scot who’s written six previous poetry collections, is known for his exquisite descriptions of the natural world and dramatic, violent re-tellings of Greek myths. Here he expands his range to include America, a country he loves. He also loves American film noir, and though its film references will make any noir fan swoon, The Long Take is, above all, a carefully crafted narrative poem ... The Long Take is an audacious and often brilliant book."   -  Sibbie O'Sullivan, The Washington Post

Robin Robertson is from the northeast coast of Scotland and has published six books of poetry.  His work has received various accolades, including the Petrarca-Preis, the E.M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and all three Forward Prizes. The Long Take - a narrative poem set in post-war America - won the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, and the Goldsmiths Prize for innovative fiction.