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'John Williams could form of literary triumvirate with Bateman and Welsh…This is as world of dope, docks and prostitution, a culture tha is part-Cardiff, part-Caribbeean. FIVE PUBS is everything one would hope from as keen a critic of neo-noir as Williams' Observer 'The sheer liveliness of the stories, which fizz with pace and energy, makes for a really entertaining and intriguing account of life on the mean streets of Cardiff' The Times 'A brilliant book…It has all the classic traits of urban noir: slick plot, cold-blooded betrayals and withering one-liners' Independent 'A fun book about pushers and prostitutes… A mixture of tongue-in-cheek humour and the seedier side of docklands life' Glasgow Herald 'Excellent - a fast and funny soap of everyday villains, jostling for a score, some love and even spiritual enlightenment in Cardiff's Butetown' Bizarre 'Literature as urban graffiti: bright, vibrant, and fiercely individual' Sunday Times
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Five Pubs, Two Bars and a Nightclub, John Williams
- Langue
- Année de publication
- 1999
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- Titre
- Five Pubs, Two Bars and a Nightclub
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- John Williams
- Éditeur
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Publié
- 1999
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 224
- ISBN10
- 0747545138
- ISBN13
- 9780747545132
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Fiction, Nouvelles, Prostitution, Monde souterrain, Gangsters, Multiculturalisme, Escrocs, Sous-monde criminel, Littérature galloise
- Première publication
- 1999
- Titre original
- Five Pubs, Two Bars And a Nightclub
- Évaluation
- 3,4 sur 5
- Description
- 'John Williams could form of literary triumvirate with Bateman and Welsh…This is as world of dope, docks and prostitution, a culture tha is part-Cardiff, part-Caribbeean. FIVE PUBS is everything one would hope from as keen a critic of neo-noir as Williams' Observer 'The sheer liveliness of the stories, which fizz with pace and energy, makes for a really entertaining and intriguing account of life on the mean streets of Cardiff' The Times 'A brilliant book…It has all the classic traits of urban noir: slick plot, cold-blooded betrayals and withering one-liners' Independent 'A fun book about pushers and prostitutes… A mixture of tongue-in-cheek humour and the seedier side of docklands life' Glasgow Herald 'Excellent - a fast and funny soap of everyday villains, jostling for a score, some love and even spiritual enlightenment in Cardiff's Butetown' Bizarre 'Literature as urban graffiti: bright, vibrant, and fiercely individual' Sunday Times