About Ogwen Blues: A tense, claustrophobic rural psychological family drama set in North Wales
Up in the mountains of Bethesda, North Wales, Colin Tudur, a fifty-year-old football referee has endured a pitiful, people-pleasing existence. Finally chasing his dream, he commits to full-time training, quitting his job as a bin-man, one day dreaming of reffing on S4C. This far from serves his parasitic, coercive wife Clare and stepson Dale, who have both long grown dependent on his salary. Thwarted in his pursuit of freedom by North Wales’ second-home owner induced housing shortage, twenty-year-old Dale wallows within the confines of Colin’s isolated, mountain-top farm cottage. Freshly expelled from college, unemployable, and broken by his family’s toxic, co-dependent grooming, drug addiction steps in to fill his sorrow shaped hole. When a chance arises to enter the dealing game, a stab at ending this nightmare, he grips it with both hands, dragging a host of issues to the family’s door.
The story is brutal, shocking in parts and eye openingly stark, base and unforgiving and gives a very raw look at a life most would run a mile from. I do love this authors opposition to the norms in writing a family drama and daring to be so visceral, it may well offend in places but the reality is far more offensive tbh – Mark Fearn – https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5556505333
This is the third book by George Veck I have read. Every single one gets better and better. The language Is impeccable and intellectual. George Veck manages to capture the world of drugs and the miss givings that comes along with it all perfectly. The language used and the misfortunes that come along with drug dealing, is portrayed almost to the letter. Once again a great read! – Cassandra Doon – https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5553435186
Not for the easily triggered by Drug Use and the wild untamed language of the locals. If you however enjoy a dirty, raw and real storyteller, Veck is your guy. – Stuart BRKN Johns – https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5744505670
Trigger warnings – Drug use, violence, sex (nothing overly graphic), psychological abuse, animal cruelty
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I grew up in rural North West Wales, where hardships and a lack of opportunities spurred my passion for tackling tough subjects, such as poverty, addiction and mental health. Screenwriting was my first love, but having grown tired of waiting for funding to produce my work, I now dedicate myself to turning all of my scripts into books.