“Anthracite” by Matt Thomas (2021)

“The sound of samba drifting up from Aberdare’s Latin Quarter filled the bar with its contagious rhythm.”

The trick sometimes to getting a new book out there is to spot a gap in the market. For example, until now, much of the literati have been talking of little else than the fact there’s practically no Welsh-based comedy cyberpunk novels. Matt Thomas has got there first.

Kevin Jones is wasting his life, spending his days writing a graphic novel about a farting ninja and watching films with his ...