Niall Griffiths was born in Liverpool in 1966 and now lives in Wales. He has published six other novels- Grits, Sheepshagger, Kelly + Victor, Wreckage, Runt and A Great Big Shining Star. The film of Kelly + Victor will be released shortly.
He is an epic and, at moments, visionary writer-Griffiths, through this man's gentle but raging voice, gives one of the great depictions of alcoholism * Toby Litt, Guardian * Niall Griffiths is an actual literary star. He writes with vim and sympathy about the things young people do * Daily Telegraph * In the top rank of contemporary British authors...He brings tremendous rhythm and energy to his prose * Herald * Stump is the author's gentlest and funniest book by far-He has a prose style as compelling and seductive as any writer in the land * Big Issue * The range of Griffiths's achievement is as exhilarating as the reach of his ambition * Guardian *