Darkling Plain: Texts for the Air Countries we are introduced to a

we are introduced to a narrator haunted by a deep loathing for cauliflower gratin (and by a no less passionate fondness for trout almondine)

Valent Kosima is a retiree living quietly yet discontentedly with his TV-addicted wife

now a government official

was a modern invention

seems in a state of permanent metamorphosis

Darkling Plain: Texts for the Air Countries we are introduced to aThough best known as the author of a series of brilliant novels, here Higgins turns his writerly gifts to work for the radio. This collection includes ten plays broadcast in England and Ireland between 1973 and 1990, which have had a significant Though best known as the author of a series of brilliant novels, here Higgins turns his writerly gifts to work for the radio. This collection includes ten plays broadcast in England and Ireland between 1973