The Unbearable Lightness of Being in Aberystwyth

This has to be one of the silliest titles for a book I’ve ever heard. There’s more too – the prequels are Last Tango in Aberystwyth and Aberystwyth Mon Amour. I couldn’t resist though. I’ve got a soft spot for the place after doing my MSc research there a couple years ago.

It’s billed as “Welsh noir” and the story involves a chamber pot, a monkey that uses sign language and a messianic donkey. Bit of a car-crash of a plot to be honest but it does have its amusing bits. The Unbearable Lightness of Being in Aberystwyth is certainly not a bad book but it’s bit too eclectic to be anything more.