num_pages: 244
description: Novelist, playwright, broadcaster, by the time of his early death in 1981, Gwyn Thomas was widely admired as all these things, in addition to being a much-loved columnist in Punch.Writing of the appalling poverty he and his fellow south Walians suffered during his early years, Thomas was inspired by his community and chose not bitter despair, but humour in the face of adversity. As Michael Parnell's absorbing and highly readable biography chronicles, Thomas's infectious gaiety was also underlain by his own anxieties and imperfections.
language: English
title: Laughter from the Dark: A Life of Gwyn Thomas
titlecomplete: Laughter from the Dark: A Life of Gwyn Thomas
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Seren Books/Poetry Wales Pr Ltd