Licorice is a novel, a mixed-up tale about a film, a windmill and city folk. The plot involves the making of a film by characters who are trying to gain permission to record the noises inside a reconstructed windmill to use as its soundtrack. When they don’t succeed, the eponymous character Licorice makes an Aeolian harp out of bits she finds in a small electricals recycling bin. Brighton based author Bridget Penney, previous publications include Honeymoon with Death and Other Stories (Polygon, 1991) and Index (Book Works, 2008).