Ex-convict, activist, retired academic and subject of urban legend Prof finds his self-avowed isolation tested by a final year student and orphan named Desire. Verissimo is also an award-winning poet A vivid and visceral excursion into the margins of society from an exciting and important new literary voice. A Small Silence follows activist Prof on his release from prison, where he retreats into a life of darkness until a student named Desire begins to visit him, shaking him out of self-imposed exile.
