Poetry. In his first full collection, Gale Burns amuses and intrigues by mining the rich texturesof his youth--the pancakes and ice cream of the Happy Eater, the hitchhiking adventures and the caravan holidays. He then engages with fresh perspectives on Englishness and different cultures, concluding with a sensitive examination of different ways of being able to know. In this book, Gale Burns finds an ironic beauty in silence and quiet observation--the conditions of a MUTE HOUSE.