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A review by bluestarfish
Aberystwyth Mon Amour by Malcolm Pryce
3.0
A noirish comic thriller that is set in Aberystwyth and involves PI Louie Knight attempting to solve the case of missing school boys in a town overrun with druids and darkness. The tonal disconnect and swings can be jarring and get a bit tedious at times but there were also lots of moments I liked too. Ice cream seller Sospan's existential week promotion of ice cream flavours called Kierkegaard and Heidegger being one of them.
It is an odd mixture of satire and slapstick and surrealness. And it is a lot funnier if you can hear the Welsh voices. Malcolm Pryce plays fair with the clues he sprinkles through this mystery although they only became noticeable to me on the second reading.
It is an odd mixture of satire and slapstick and surrealness. And it is a lot funnier if you can hear the Welsh voices. Malcolm Pryce plays fair with the clues he sprinkles through this mystery although they only became noticeable to me on the second reading.