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 Sheepshagger - Niall Griffiths
 Sheepshagger - Niall Griffiths ... Wales by English yuppies, he pledges revenge, an act which triggers his lurid and strange imagination into unspeakable savagery - embodying our most primal fears of physical threat.Newest Review: ... to's former friends, Danny, Marc, Griff and Llyr. These conversations all ... more ... take place in the present day, over the course of an evening and a few shared joints, whilst they recall Ianto's life and the terrible events that led up to his death. This then lapses back to a third person narrative, telling of the part of Ianto's life they've just discussed. These 'chapters' are in no way disjointed, as Griffiths is skilled in the construction of his writing, indeed, they run into each other - as each chapter ends the next ones return to Ianto's childhood is often an explorat...more |
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Sheepshagger - Niall Griffiths: It backed onto me, 'onest officer (1417 words)
by - written on 14/11/01 (Very useful, 322 readings)
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If a combination of The Wasp Factory, Lord of the Flies and The Butcher Boy all rolled into one doesn't sound inviting enough, add in a talent for conjuring up brooding vistas and delivering dark humour in the vernacular, and you've a rough outline of Sheepshagger. Niall Griffiths is a Liverpool born Welshman as far as I can gather. He was born in 1966 and occasionally writes for the Guardian, more than that I cannot tell, despite contacting his publisher for more information. I should apologise for the title now - it's silly, irrelevant, but I couldn't resist it. This is his second novel, and in the same way that books like Irvine ... Read the complete review
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