Gazooka by Gwyn Thomas
A small Welsh valley community come together to form a carnival marching band in Gwyn Thomas' farcical exploration of the social, economic and political turbulence abound in twentieth century Wales.
Gazooka
Summary
Reissue of the celebrated Welsh writer's seminal short novel, repackaged with a stunning new cover. Introduction by acclaimed Welsh academic and historian Daryl Leeworthy.
Gazooka Summary
About Gwyn Thomas
Gwyn Thomas was born, the last of twelve children, into a Rhondda mining family in 1913. After a childhood marked by the strikes of the 1920s, he went off to study Spanish at Oxford University and in Madrid, where he met the poet Federico Garcia Lorca and witnessed the turmoil which would lead to the Spanish Civil War. On his return, amidst the economic mire of the 1930s and his own burgeoning teaching career in Barry in the 1940s, he picked up his pen and began to write. For more than forty years, until his death in 1981, as novelist, screenwriter, master of the short story, and prizewinning playwright, Gwyn Thomas delivered compelling and comedic portraits of his world of South Wales. His creative genius earned enduring fame on both sides of the Atlantic and on both sides of the European Cold War divide. As a provocative and insightful broadcaster, he embraced the possibilities of radio and television, whilst leaving his hosts and guests alike in fits of knowing laughter.
Additional information
NGR9781914595721
9781914595721
1914595726
Gazooka by Gwyn Thomas
New
Paperback
Parthian Books
2023-11-01
110
N/A
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