The Miracle Inspector

A darkly comic literary novel set in the near future. England has been partitioned and London is an oppressive place where poetry has been forced underground, theatres and schools are shut, and women are not allowed to work outside the home. A young couple, Lucas and Angela, try to escape from London - with disastrous consequences. Helen Smith was the recipient of an Arts Council Award for The Miracle Inspector. Smith is at the very least a minor phenomenon. The Times