BLURB
FROM
BACK
OF
BOOK;
It
is
the
1980's,
and
deep
in
mid-wales
the
inhabitants
of
the
Nant
valley
are
holding
out
against
the
modern
world.
then
outsiders
discover
the
valley,
and
wrongly
believe
it
to
be
an
idyll.
Stefan,
a
rich
and
mysterious
foreigner,
buys
a
derelict
manor
house
and
sets
about
being
squire
-
only
to
find
that
his
money
fails
to
impress
anyone,
least
of
all
craftsmen.
He
can't
even
get
served
in
the
pub,
as
Gwillim
the
landlord
hates
customers.
Jane
and
Rob,
poor
and
arty
urbanites,
buy
a
tumbledown
farmhouse
and
a
Vietnamese
pig.
They
want
a
wind
turbine,
but
Rob
has
no
money
as
he
is
an
abstract
painter
and
the
locals
only
like
sheepdog
portraits.
A
progressive
couple,
their
enthusiasm
for
alfresco
nudity
has
tragic
repercussions
for
the
farming
community.
Meanwhile
Dafydd,
the
all-seeing
postman,
doubts
the
valley
is
ready
for
outsiders
-
and
as
they
struggle
with
sexual
scandal,
hostile
artisans,
and
unsuccessful
laundromat
exhibition
and
a
corpse,the
omens
are
not
good...
The
Valley
is
a
glorious
satire
on
the
countryside
in
crisis,
and
a
cautionary
tale
of
urban
refugees
in
search
of
Eden.