Richard Hughes
Hughes was a distinguished Welsh writer whose A High Wind in Jamaica is one of the most powerful novels about childhood and violence in English, stripping away sentimentality to expose disturbing truths. In Hazard is an equally remarkable novel of storm at sea.
Works
- A High Wind in JamaicaNovel of children captured by pirates who become increasingly dangerous and amoral
- In HazardNovel following a merchant ship's struggle for survival in the face of a destructive hurricane
- The Fox in the AtticNovel of a man returning to his Welsh childhood home as fascism rises in Europe
- The Wooden ShepherdessNovel continuing the story of a returning man navigating family and European chaos
- A Moment of Time