cardiff cut [Paperback]

A 20th anniversary edition with a foreword by Peter Finch, cardiff cutis witty, obscene, defiant; an anarchic Joycean monologue steeped in the city of Cardiff. Neither truth nor fiction taken from real life or what seemed for an instant."Innovative, hilarious, exhilarating, remarkably astute... Delivered with a sandpaper sense of humour this frantic, sometimes savage eruption of chaos & poetry will leave you exhausted... truly unique... great stuff!" —Melanie Daley,The Big Issue"Some of the best dialect writing in these islands, ever." —Niall Griffiths,The Guardian"A torrent of language fuels a narrative in & around the raw ends of Cardiff. Well-paced, bundles of charm & humour, an ear for language. This is Robson’s best work, an extended prose poem in the beat tradition. He is now a writer of achievement." —David Daddy,Tears in the Tence"WithCardiff CutRobson confirms an important reputation as an authentic & original voice, able to deliver streetwise power punches with the deceptive subtlety of true ringcraft. A night to remember... It’s a tonsil-ripping cocktail of a book. Down it in one!’ —John Harrison,New Welsh ReviewLloyd Robsonis a Cardiff-born Welsh writer and text artist based in Virginia, USA. He is responsible for the bookscity&poems(Blackhat, 1995),Letter from Sissi(Blackhat, 1997),cardiff cut(Parthian, 2001),Bbboing! & Associated Weirdness(Parthian, 2003), andOh Dad! A Search for Robert Mitchum(Parthian, 2008). He also created theSense of City Roadffoto-poetry montage(Blackhat, 2000).A reissue of a mosern classic book of urban fiction, bringing the streets of Cardiff to an international readership.