The Cat in the Treble Clef by Louis de Bernières Bernard O'donoghue Common Cause is a ‘history

Common Cause is a ‘history of the defeated’

Bilingual English/Arabic edition translated by Stephen Watts and Marga Burgui-Artajo

sestinas and sonnets in Scots – to heady effect

This in turn links the poem to related issues such as migration and the refugee crisis

The Cat in the Treble Clef by Louis de Bernières Bernard O'donoghue Common Cause is a ‘historyA beautiful collection of poems from bestselling author Louis de Bernires. From the very start of his writing career Louis de Bernires has loved poetry. Here the author of the much loved Captain Corellis Mandolin returns to this first love with his third collection. The Cat in the Treble Clef focuses on family and the connections we make, and break, with other people. There are moving poems to and about his family: his great grandmother, his mother