- Paperback: 180 pages
- Publisher: Seren (9 April 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1854114476
- ISBN-13: 978-1854114471
- Product Dimensions: 20.6 x 13 x 1.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 795,670 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Aberystwyth: two languages, a university, a farming community, a port turned marina, the National Library of Wales, home of writers and spies, was made recently famous, or infamous, by Malcolm Pryce's novels. It's any number of conflicting and complimentary things from its medieval beginnings through its Victorian heyday to the fluid mix of longstanding natives, large student population and colony of those who came and never left. Scouse Niall Griffiths may yet be one of the latter, and Aber and its environs have provided a rich source of material for his four novels. What does he make of the place outside of fiction? In the characteristic style of the "Real" series, this book mixes autobiography with topography, alligns the oblique approach with historical report, and contrasts the prosaic with the downright odd. Niall Griffiths has stepped outside his usual genre to produce an enthralling picture of a world famous town.
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My first encounters with Aberystwyth were when as a teenager in the 1960's I would hit the old Kings Hall as an alternative to what was then the best venue on the west coast The Black Lion in Cardigan. Aberystwyth has been transformed since then, and Real Aberystwyth is a handy cultural update. Brighton it is not, but most of the elements that make Aberystwyth 'a protean place' are discussed in the pages of this very entertaining read.
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