A Handful of Sand Philip Hancock His has written other extreme

His has written other extreme travel books including Camp Shatila and Cool for Qat

The stories illustrate how a key event in our lives can force us to change our understanding of the world

Contributors include: Peter Beardsley

satirised and sometimes glorified

Caroline Bird

A Handful of Sand Philip Hancock His has written other extremeA Handful of Sand is a love story and an ode to lost opportunity. Now far from his homeland, the novel's protagonist looks back on his life, from his childhood, university days and first working experience to more intimate emotional events, making critical observations on human relationships and human existence. Interchanging with the chapters written in the narrators voice are those narrated by a woman. As her story progresses, we realise that she is