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Melog (Paperback)

by Mihangel Morgan (Author), Christopher Meredith (Translator)
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  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Seren; 1 edition (3 Aug 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1854113933
  • ISBN-13: 978-1854113931
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.2 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 888,524 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The Independent, October, 2005
Melog remains a highly original, alternately hilarious and poignant satire on political oppression and a moving tale about loneliness. ****

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Melog is a hugely entertaining and original story about political repression, literature, loneliness and friendship. Peopled by a cast of memorable characters, including the oldest chip-fryer in the world, a couple of delinquent joyriders, a fortune-teller, and seventeen cats, it is one of the most distinctive Welsh novels of recent years.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Joyous but (only occasionally) frustrating, 9 Sep 2005
I'm about half way through reading this book, on the recommendation of a friend - so my review might not be entirely appropriate. However, so far so good. This is the story of an out-of-work academic who befriends a strange visitor from the (fictional) country of Laxaria, the eponymous Melog. Through Melog's pale-blue eyes we see Wales, and indeed the world - We see its idiosyncracies, its history, and its culture, all distilled through the microcosm of a small valleys town. This is not to say that the philosophy of the book is restricted to Wales or to the 'Welsh experience' - though Doctor Jones' study of an archaic Welsh 'encyclopaedia' often brings us back to these themes.
The writing is witty and surreal, bringing to mind a strange mixture of Mike Leigh and The League Of Gentlemen. It is only ever clunky when the spectre of 'welsh politics' rears its ugly head, and does so in a sometimes hamfisted way. Waiting for something for a long time is, it is said, like waiting for 'self government for Wales' - a Welsh Nationalist nudge in the ribs to anyone in on the joke. Anyway who isn't a Welsh Nationalist will probably just find this a little exclusive, not to mention lacking in subtlety.
This is a minor niggle, however, as there are other passages which have had me laughing out loud on the bus to work. Perhaps I will submit a second review when I have finished the book!
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