Bøker av Niall Griffiths

An historical novel set in Wales before the Industrial Revolution, as human love tries to flower amidst squalor and serfdom.

"Stump makes you feel that you are reading on the edge of a life in a fierce gale, vulnerable, excited, alive." -The Guardian (London)Wet an spectacular wreckage leads to "powerful forgetting" which leads to "periodics" which lead to the "dry drunks" which go to "immersion" an "enabler" an "therapeutic alliance" an any alternative, any fuckin alternative atropine aversion therapy or Antabuse or ECT or acufuckinpuncture or snakepits or swimming with dolphins an all of that all of it comes completely back to this one pure irreducible phenomenon: a booming heart that burns to drink.It has taken the loss of a limb and a death threat from the Mob to make one Liverpudlian dry out and move to a small seaside town in Wales. But his past life is a recurring nightmare-filth, desperation, and blackouts. And more trouble is only a hundred miles away. Darren and Alastair leave Liverpool, heading south in a rickety old car. They have been sent by their gang boss to wreak violent revenge, but they have only a rough idea of their quarry: a one-armed man.Interspersed between the scabrous banter and a pitch-perfect street dialect, Niall Griffiths offers stunning descriptions of the Welsh landscape and a dark, knowing humor. Despite the ever present drugs, violence, and anger, he reveals a fragile humanity. Graywolf is proud to introduce this striking, distinctive voice to American readers.

A newcomer has arrived in a small Welsh seaside town, a one armed Liverpudlian. Seeking to rebuild his life, he is attempting to lead a life here unlike any life he's lived before: a normal one. However, two men are leaving Liverpool, sent by their gang boss to wreak revenge on a one armed man, maybe living somewhere in west Wales.

This inspiring story about overcoming prejudices is sure to engage both teenagers and adults who are working to improve their reading skills.

Sixteen-year-old Grace has dreams, and she knows how to make them come true: a little silicone and surgery here and there -nose, breasts, lips, hair, teeth, nails. Then with the right clothes and a new tan she'll be ready: ready to be seen, consumed and adored by millions.

In 1976, Niall's family emigrated to Australia, as part of the GBP10 Pom scheme. He lived there for 3 years, moving from Brisbane to Perth in a souped-up station wagon. 30 years later, he returned to retrace his steps; this is a memoir, travelogue, rant, paean, elegy, and perhaps the closest thing to an autoibiography that Niall will ever write.

On leaving school a sixteen-year-old boy goes to live with his uncle on a remote Welsh hill-farm.

Reveals the story of Ianto: the feral, inarticulate, inbred, ignoble savage; haunter of mountains, killer of innocents.

In the late 1990s, a group of young drifters find themselves together on the coast of Wales. They explore and attempt to overcome the yearnings and addictions that brought them this place, promiscuity, drugs, petty crime, the intense and angry search for the meaning which they feel life is lacking at the end of this momentous century.

This, she thinks, is the best sex she's ever had.So the story of Kelly + Victor progresses, through two mirror-image narratives: a story of the growth and spiralling intensity of sexual obsession, traced to its inevitable, devastating conclusion.