Alun Richards

• Jun-1976
• / General Fiction

'It is my hope that the Wales of the past and present is well represented in this volume, together with the world of work and workmen in some of our more ravaged terrains'. In twenty-four short stories, written by Welsh men and women, for the most pa...

• Jun-1996
• / Literary

Elgar Davies, Hon. Sec. of Pontlast RFC; scandalised Elmyra Mouth; lawyer Bunny Leyshon; Jehoidah Wetter, public convenience attendant; dream girl Dottie Lemon; Esme and her famous fly-half husband. The characters from Alun Richards's classic short s...

• Oct-2006
• / General Fiction

Home To An Empty House' tells in Alun Richards' incisive style the story of a marriage that has long since lost its sparkle. Walter, the wisecracking paranoiac and Connie, teacher of the backward class', are a couple who know a lot about sex but litt...

• Apr-2010
• / General Fiction

A collection of many of the author's best short stories, this volume focuses on the author's hometown of Pontypridd, Wales, with writing that is as scathing and savage as it is funny and compassionate. Examining the inhabitants' personal relatio...