The Lost Folk : From the Forgotten Past to the Emerging Future of Folk - Lally MacBeth Fiction shaped by its encounters with

shaped by its encounters with the frontier

and coping with loss

' Irenosen Okojie'A fascinating novel of shifting realities centred by a steady

And contact with the real world is impossible

The Lost Folk : From the Forgotten Past to the Emerging Future of Folk - Lally MacBeth Fiction shaped by its encounters withAn exceptionally thoughtful and beautifully written.' Maxine Peake'Erudite, questing and endlessly fascinating . . . the book that British folk has long needed.' Katherine May'A splendid museum full of strange and wonderful things.' Peter RossA fresh and engaging celebration of the customs, places, objects and peoples that make up what we know as 'folk' in Britain. By its nature, folk is ephemeral: tricky to define, hard to preserve and even more