DOCKLANDS: A GHOST STORY
Damian Walford Davies (Seren)
Never have I read such eloquent descriptions of Cardiff’s streets as I did in Docklands: A Ghost Story. For example, I’ve walked Womanby Street hundreds of times, but I have never noticed the “gartered ladybirds” described here. And therein lies the beauty of this book. Initially conceived as an exercise in getting to know his new surroundings upon moving to the city from Aberystwyth, Damian Walford Davies’s intriguing examination of those worlds “at the edges of the eye” is set in Victorian Cardiff and told entirely in verse. While this may not be to everybody’s reading taste, it offers a well-researched insight into our city’s past, as well as a thoroughly engaging tale of abuse, and grief that will send a shiver down your spine.
words Chris Andrews
Price: £9.99. Info: www.serenbooks.com