Rhidian Brook is an award-winning writer of fiction, television drama and film. His first novel, The Testimony of Taliesin Jones, won several prizes including the Somerset Maugham Award. His short stories have appeared in numerous publications, including the Paris Review, New Statesman and Time Out, and have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4. He is also a regular contributor to 'Thought For The Day' on the Today programme.
A beautiful meditation on childhood... and a panacea for a cynical age * The Times * You'll find yourself seduced by the quiet power of the Welshman's prose, the subtlety of his narrative technique, with its onion-skin layers of meaning, sympathy and revelation * Time Out * Touching, humorous and poetic * Literary Review * Brook's debut is one of quiet miracles... implictly in the marvellous way he is able to convince us of the power of faith * Sunday Times * The accomplished patterns and Brook's easy style form a readable and poetic first novel * Guardian * Subtle and sublime. Brook's novel is far out of the ordinary run... * Western Mail * As fresh as spring water * Daily Telegraph *