A comical story of a deranged family who intrude into the life of a reclusive, witty artist during COVID lockdowns in London AND a historical folk tale of the miserable, mysterious short life of a gifted child blacksmith.
 
 There 2 stories come together as tales about whether what we receive in life is something that grants us the gift of freedom or curses with constraints and restrictions.
 
 First book I read with an unorthodox writing style i.e. no speech punctuation but did not deter me from other abstract book.