Stump

Description

Black farce from the author of Kelly + Victor and Sheepshagger. A newcomer has arrived in a small Welsh seaside town - a one-armed Liverpudlian. Seeking to rebuild his life, if not his body, he is attempting to lead a life here unlike any he's lived before- a normal one - shopping, gardening, signing on, visiting friends, all the usual diurnal activities. Over a hundred miles to the north, however, two men in shellsuits are leaving Liverpool, heading south in a rickety old car. They have been sent by their gang-boss to wreak terrible, violent revenge, but have only a rough idea of their quarry- a one-armed man, maybe living somewhere in west Wales, in a small town by the sea.

Niall Griffiths was born in Liverpool in 1966 and now lives in Wales. He has published six other novels- Grits, Sheepshagger, Kelly + Victor, Wreckage, Runt and A Great Big Shining Star. The film of Kelly + Victor will be released shortly.

He is an epic and, at moments, visionary writer-Griffiths, through this man's gentle but raging voice, gives one of the great depictions of alcoholism * Toby Litt, Guardian * Niall Griffiths is an actual literary star. He writes with vim and sympathy about the things young people do * Daily Telegraph * In the top rank of contemporary British authors...He brings tremendous rhythm and energy to his prose * Herald * Stump is the author's gentlest and funniest book by far-He has a prose style as compelling and seductive as any writer in the land * Big Issue * The range of Griffiths's achievement is as exhilarating as the reach of his ambition * Guardian *