Runt by Niall Griffiths

Runt by Niall Griffiths

On leaving school a sixteen-year-old boy goes to live with his uncle on a remote Welsh hill-farm.

The writing leaps off the page..it throws up something so original and striking that it takes up permanent residence in a reader's head -- Tim Martin * Daily Telegraph *
Runt is a bungee-jump plummet from modern sophistication into something lurking below, where fantasy takes flesh and ancient knowledge prevails -- Jennie Renton * Sunday Herald *
Runt deserves the hackneyed description 'tour de force' ... it demonstrates Griffiths, a gritty realist, in complete command of the dark despairing gloop that so often smothers human lives -- Tom Adair * Scotsman *
You would have to go back to Thomas Hardy to find a British writer who evokes a landscape so completely * Time Out *
Evolutionary psychology meets mythology in this short, strange, savage novel... Niall Griffiths's prose enchants you * Guardian *

Niall Griffiths was born in Liverpool in 1966 and now lives in Wales. He has published the novels: Grits, Sheepshagger, Kelly + Victor, Stump, Wreckage, and A Great Big Shining Star. The film of Kelly + Victor was released in 2012.

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ISBN 13	9780099461159
ISBN 10	0099461153
Title	Runt
Author	Niall Griffiths
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Vintage Publishing
Year published	2008-04-03
Number of pages	160
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