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Swansea Terminal (Robert Llywelyn Trilogy 2)

Swansea Terminal (Robert Llywelyn Trilogy 2)

by RobertLewis (Author)

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    Paperback 2007

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Synopsis

Swansea Terminal is the sequel to Robert?s Lewis acclaimed debut, The Last Llanelli Train. Readers of the earlier novel may be surprised to discover that a sequel exists: after all P.I. Robin Llewellyn ended the first book as a terminal alcoholic pursued by killers. Well, he?s back, but only just: as Swansea Terminal opens, Robin is homeless in Swansea, just another dosser intent on drinking himself into an early grave. He doesn?t look in any state to stagger through another crime caper as twisted as The Last Llanelli Train ? but stagger through it he does. After all, Robin is the perfect patsy, and before long Swansea?s dodgiest gangsters have found him a job ? one only a chronic alcoholic with nothing to lose would be crazy enough to take. Every bit as dark, funny and oddly poignant as The Last Llanelli Train, this is new British crime fiction at its very finest.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 256
 Publisher: Serpent's Tail
Published: 15 Nov 2007
ISBN 10: 1852429755
ISBN 13: 9781852429751

Media Reviews
Charles Bukowski meets Raymond Chandler in this meandering yet keenly plotted tale of a man at the bottom with nowhere to go but down. Sad, darkly funny and quite, quite brilliant * Peter Guttridge *
A crime caper with echoes of Ealing comedy, shades of James Ellroy and even a touch of Samuel Beckett... a compelling concoction, laced with dark humour and strangely life-affirming. Robin can't go on, but he does, and we go on rooting for him right to the very end * Independent on Sunday *
An edgy, twisted and blackly funny roller-coaster ride * Metro *
Robert Lewis' splendid creation Robin Llewellyn is a private eye of unsurpassed disintegration... a cracker of a novel... fizzy dialogue, superbly edgy writing and terrific humour * The Times *
Dark, bleak, sordid, sinister and very, very funny... Wonderfully poignant * Guardian *
Frankly, a betting slip written by Lewis will be worth reading * Sunday Express *
Beautiful prose meets sordid reality in this funny, dark and disturbing novel * Sainsbury's *
Llewellyn is the real deal... Lewis' coruscating analysis of underclass, underfoot, outcast Britain is uncomfortable and challenging * Financial Times *
[A] wry, Chandleresque novel * Daily Telegraph *
Wryly amusing, darkly contemplative... Lewis uses his fallen hero to delve deeply into the contemporary Welsh scene, like a coal miner tracing a vanishing vein of ore * Publishers Weekly *
A terrific comic novel * New Welsh Review *
A wonderfully dark sequel * Aesthetica *
...a dark and twisty crime caper, thick with the atmosphere of modern Wales....Recommended for readers who enjoy British Noir, especially fans of Charlie William's very similar series featuring pub doorman and reluctant sleuth Royston Blake. * Booklist USA *
Author Bio
Robert Lewis was born in the Black Mountains, in the Brecon Beacons, which is by all accounts a beautiful part of the world. He spent his twenties getting sacked, living in bedsits, drinking in the dodgier pubs of various cities, and caring about the wrong things. Most of this is still going on. He still thinks literature can save him, and he's almost thirty now. He hasn't seen it save anyone else. His first novel, The Last Llanelli Train was shortlisted for the PG Wodehouse Bollinger Prize for Comic Writing, along with Zadie Smith and Chrisother Brookmyre.