Wales Book of the Year Focus – Stray Dogs
This blog is part of a series spotlighting the books shortlisted for the Wales Book of the Year Award 2024.
This time, we shine a light on Stray Dogs by Richard John Parfitt, shortlisted for the Rhys Davies Trust Fiction Award.
Stray Dogs, Richard John Parfitt (Third Man Books)
Turner is a high school dropout newly arrived in Toronto. After taking a job selling dictionaries for a local grifter named Romeo Silva, the day goes wrong, and Turner gets into a fight with a biker. On the run from both Romeo and the Devil’s Children, Turner and his pals find an abandoned summerhouse in which to hide out. But tensions within the group damage personal relationships as external threats converge to destroy the lives they had.
About the Author
Born, educated, and living in south Wales, Richard John Parfitt was a founding member of 90s Welsh rock group 60ft Dolls. As a writer he was shortlisted for the New Welsh Review Rheidol Prize and has also had work published by Planet: The Welsh Internationalist, The Conversation, The Portland Review, Bloomsbury Academic, and Red Pepper Magazine. He holds a BA [Hons] in English and an MA in Education.
Read, Listen, Watch!
Richard has created a Spotify playlist to enjoy whilst reading the book:
Here are a selection of reviews of Stray Dogs:
Vol 1 Brooklyn USA [Books of the Month June] Review
Buy The Book
Buy Stray Dogs via the Third Man Books website: