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Dream on
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- Book Synopsis
- A dark and twisting tale of identity, memory, and political compromise in Wales.Digger Davies' untimely death sets in motion a series of events that will challenge everything. An award-winning photographer returns home, embarking on a quest to reclaim his forgotten identity and confront his compromised life. Meanwhile, a thwarted politician lies in a hospital bed, penning his own obituary, and a beautiful girl remains eternally alive in an old man's memory. This noir thriller explores the stories that connect the frayed wires in the business of living.Will the photographer uncover the truth about his past? Can the politician find redemption in his final words? And what is the secret that binds them all together? Dream On experiments with genre boundaries, painting detailed portraits of characters caught between memory and reality.
- About The Author
- Dai Smith is a professor of the cultural history of Wales at Swansea University and is the series editor of the Library of Wales series. He is currently chair of the Arts Council of Wales, and is the author of Aneurin Bevan and the World of South Wales, In the Frame: Memory in Society 1910 to 2010, Raymond Williams: A Warrior's Tale and a Question for History, and editor of Story: The Library of Wales Short Story Anthology.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781909844711
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Parthian, (22 September 2014)
- Number of Pages
- 312
- Weight
- 285 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 215 x 135 x 34 mm
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