Ian McDonald's new collection, is a vivid and original sequence of poems which will add to this writer's widening reputation. The great Essequibo River, flowing through the mountains and green, deep forests of Guyana to the sea, inspires the poems. Incandescent natural beauty, and people of a wonderful variety who live in this magical region - their myths, history, adventures and simple stories - are reflected in a collection of poems certain to find a unique place in the literature of the West Indies and South America.