Cynan Jones: 6 books

Praise for Cynan Jones: "[A] piercing novella. . . . Like Cormac McCarthy, Jones can make the everyday sound fraught and biblical." -***Kirkus Reviews*, starred review** "Jones's perfectly pitched novel will appeal to anyone looking beyond sheer thrills." -Library Journal "This...

On August 6th, 1945, at 8.15am, the Enola Gay, under the direction of President Harry S. Truman, dropped ‘Little Boy’ – one of the first atom bombs – on Hiroshima. Essentially, it ended the American war with Japan.At 8.14 this morning, for no good reason, David Geraint Evans dropped something similar.750 words of comic genius from a usually miserable Welsh writer.

As a Welsh farmer plows through a long, hot day, the boundaries blur between animal and human in this acclaimed, award-winning novel.   On a long, hot day, Gareth searches for a missing pregnant cow. A dog must be put down, there are ducks to go in the pond, there are children, and there is Kate,...

Life and death, animals and land, and a farmer and a stranger are all inextricably linked in this “dark, tense, and vital” award-winning novel (The Guardian).   Daniel is a farmer in rural Wales who raises lambs. Another unnamed man hunts badgers and sells them to the locals. Slowly, the isolated...

“To read Cove is to take a masterclass in taking out everything but the essentials. This is writing stripped back to the bone, and storytelling that gets under the skin. Powerful, terrifying, brilliantly done.” —Jon McGregor, author of Reservoir 13 Out at sea, in a sudden storm, a man...

The eighth installment in the New Stories from the Mabinogion series transforms a classic tale into a modern Quixotian romp. The original Peredur tale recounts the adventures of a youth bent on recognition as a knight in King Arthur’s court. In true questing fashion, he defends maidens, defeats...