Pope and Her Lady A Novella

An extraordinary novella, about a lesbian couple, Mady and Pope, habitu_s of Glasgow's grim streets. Mady has been viciously murdered. Pope is in police custody, the lone suspect. In another writer's hands, this stock situation might have yielded a book as ordinary in its pursuits as a pedestrian TV drama. But Rooke pours out his tale in Glasgow's very own amazing street slang, empowering Mady and Pope - and a wide range of other misfits - with a strange, startling beauty.

Leon Rooke is a short-story writer, novelist, and playwright. He is a former creative writing professor at the University of Victoria in British Columbia and the author numerous books, including The Beautiful Wife, A Good Baby, The Last Shot, and Shakespeare’s Dog. He is the recipient of the Canada-Australia Literary Prize and the Governor General's Award. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.