Sheepshagger
by Niall Griffiths
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Robbed of his ancestral home - a near-derelict hovel in the mountains of west Wales - Ianto pledges revenge not only on the English yuppies who have turned his grandmother's cottage into a weekenders' barbecue party but on all those who have violated him and the land that is his. This latest act of colonial oppression and desecration triggers his lurid and strange imagination into unspeakable savagery - embodying our most primal fears of physical threat, a world beyond our control.Tags
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Long lyrical passages which, although sometimes overwrought, capture the mid / west-Wales environment perfectly. Bursts of razor sharp vernacular dialogue. On Wales, this novel is near-perfect. But the drawing of the central character seems simplistic, psychologically. It's a fun read but not a lot of nuance, in the end.
Ianto's character moved me profoundly- a heartbreaking tale
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Sheepshagger
- Original title
- Sheepshagger
- Original publication date
- 2001
- People/Characters
- Ianto
- Important places
- Wales, UK
- First words
- - Hell of a boy, Ianto, wasn't he.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)I'm dyin-a fuckin thirst.
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- Members
- 135
- Popularity
- 241,370
- Reviews
- 2
- Rating
- (3.65)
- Languages
- 6 — English, Finnish, French, Italian, Norwegian (Bokmål), Norwegian
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 9
- ASINs
- 3
