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Cardiff Dead

Cardiff Dead

by JohnWilliams (Author)

  • Used

    Paperback 2001

    $3.25

  • Used

    Hardcover 2000

    $3.25
Synopsis

Cardiff 1999. The city's booming. The Welsh Assembly kicks off in a welter of sexual scandal, fireworks and Shirley Bassey. So does the Rugby World Cup (well give or take the sexual scandal anyway). Cardiff 1999. Charlie Unger's dead, been lying in his flat for a week. Charlie was old Cardiff through and through. Like Dame Shirley, he was a black kid from Tiger Bay. He found fame and fortune in the fifties as a boxer, lightweight champion of the world. Charlie's funeral brought the Wurriyas back together again - five lost souls looking for a place in their city's brave new millennium.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 256
 Edition: New
 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 08 May 2001
ISBN 10: 0747553904
ISBN 13: 9780747553908
Book Overview: The debut novel from John Williams, author of the widely acclaimed FIVE PUBS, TWO BARS AND A NIGHTCLUB. Praise for FIVE PUBS, TWO BARS AND A NIGHTCLUB: 'Fizzes with pace and energy making for a really entertaining and intriguing account of life on the mean streets of Cardiff' THE TIMES 'A brilliant book Rings true through every twist and turn It has all the classic traits of urban noir: slick plot, cold-blooded betrayals and withering one-liners' INDEPENDENT

Media Reviews
Cardiff 1999 and the city is booming. But Charlie Unger has been lying dead in his flat for a week. He found fame and fortune as a boxer in the Fifties and his funeral brought the Wurriyas Seventies band together again - five lost souls looking for a place in Cardiff's brave new millennium. An evocative picture of new Wales from developers' boardrooms to prostitutes' pubs, from boxing gyms to surfing beaches.
Author Bio
John Williams lives and works in his hometown of Cardiff. He is the author of four previous books, most recently FIVE PUBS, TWO BARS AND A NIGHTCLUB. He has no plans to surf the Severn Bore.