Take three guys. Mikey's a shoplifter. That's when he's not working on his true vocation as a ladies man. The Colonel's a man of leisure. Well, these days he is. Back in the day, though, he was a player. Deryck's a copper. And he's back in the last place he ever wanted to be. That's Cardiff, Wales. Used to be a docks town, used to be a steel town, used to have a place called Temperance Town. Not any more. Now it's a 24 hour non-stop party town. Mikey loves it that way. The Colonel liked it better before. Deryck never liked it either way. In turn funny and poignant, brutal and tender, "Temperance Town" follows three guys, their lovers, their kids and their mates, all trying to make sense of their lives in a world that makes less sense every day.

'Williams does what only the wonderful writers can do - he convincingly and vibrantly brings to life characters most of us would never know otherwise' Daniel Woodrell, author of Ride with the Devil Interlinked short stories in the style of the hugely successful Five Pubs, Two Bars and a Nightclub Brand new jacket style for John Williams

About the Author
John Williams lives and works in his hometown of Cardiff. He is the author of Five Pubs, Two Bars and a Nightclub, Cardiff Dead and The Prince of Wales.


Book Information
ISBN 9780747570981
Author John Williams
Format Paperback
Page Count 224
Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC