Surfacing

A varied but coherent collection by a subtle and deeply intelligent writer who can address human concerns like the intimate recall of childhood or the challenges of middle age without sentimentality; he can move between abstract thought and concrete particularities with such ease that sometimes the join is invisible. This is mature writing, picking its way through the layers and 'surfaces' of an experience, suddenly clarified into a single lucid image. Steve Griffith's writing voice is assured but not predictable.Philip Gross