'Vivid as fireworks ... Both terrifying and exhilarating' Doireann Ní Ghríofa author of A
Ghost in the Throat 'Funny and sharp ... A hungry book looking everywhere and seeing
everything' Observer In a time more turbulent than any of us could have ever imagined a woman
is attempting to write a book about prophecy in the ancient world. Navigating the tightening
grip of lockdown a marriage in crisis and a ten-year-old son who seems increasingly
unreachable she becomes fixated on our many forms of divination and prediction: on oracles
tarot cards and tea leaves and the questions we have always asked as we scroll and click and
rage against our fates. But in doing so she fails to notice the future creeping into the heart
of her own home. For despite our best intentions - our sacrifices and our bargains with the
gods - time certainty and sometimes those we love can still slip away ... Heartbreakingly
relatable and achingly funny Delphi is both a snapshot and a time capsule deftly capturing our
pasts our presents and how we keep on going in a world that is ever more uncertain and
absurd. 'Impressive ... What good fiction is meant to do' The New York Times 'Bold brave and
uncompromising Pollard has found a way to write about the last couple of years which is both
truthful and enjoyable to read which I didn't think was possible' Cathy Rentzenbrink author
of Everyone is Still Alive
