Five thousand years on - and the Minotaur, or M as he is known to his colleagues, is working as a line chef at Grub's Rib in Carolina, keeping to himself, keeping his horns down, trying in vain to put his past behind him. He leads an ordered lifestyle in a shabby trailer park where he tinkers with cars, writes and re-writes to-do lists and observes the haphazard goings on around him. Outwardly controlled, M tries to hide his emotional turmoil as he is transported deeper into the human world of deceit, confusion and need.

"Beautifully detailed and honed ... A poetic testament to the wild, unchartable experience of human loving" Observer

Five thousand years on . . . and the Minotaur, or M as he is known to his colleagues, is working as a line chef at Grub's Rib in North Carolina, keeping to himself, keeping his horns down, trying in vain to put his past behind him.

He leads an ordered lifestyle in a shabby trailer park where he tinkers with cars, writes and rewrites to-do lists and observes the haphazard goings-on around him. Outwardly controlled, M tries to hide his emotional turmoil as he is transported deeper into the human world of deceit, confusion and need.

"This is the most surreal slab of realism you will read all year. Unique and rather wonderful."
Arena

"A hugely sympathetic, instantly recognisable, magically well-written account of what it is like to be lonely."
Spectator

"Exceptional . . . Steven Sherrill uses M as the vehicle for a finely observed and compassionate portrayal of humanity in all its guises."
Irish Indepedent