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Product Description The essays in this mischievously titled collection, How to Proceed, are, in the author's own words, 'apparently offhand, informal, digressive and unashamedly personal'. Perhaps, he suggests in the introduction, they are not really essays at all. They explore subjects ranging from the nature of time to the pleasures (and pitfalls) of walking, the mysteries of marriage, to the matter of taking risks. Trust is scrutinized and the gaining of self-knowledge tested. Always lively, often amusing, sometimes poignant, these verbal excursions make clear that, in most circumstances, discovering how to proceed is rarely less than tricky. Written with a poet's eye for detail - the author is a distinguished poet - this collection, whether focusing on the perils of modern transport or the potential satisfactions of curiosity, contains many surprising departures. About the Author Andrew Sant was born in London. He migrated with his parents to Melbourne, Australia where he completed his education. He has subsequently lived in London at various times, including much of the present decade. During this time he has been Writing Fellow at the University of Leicester and, currently, at the University of Chichester. In 2001 he was resident in Beijing, China. He jointly founded the literary quarterly, Island, based in Tasmania, where by that time he had moved, and has worked as a teacher, copywriter and editor. Tremors -- New & Selected Poems, published in 2004, was his ninth collection.