Search for Mister Lloyd, The

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Ble rwyt ti'n dechrau chwilio am golomen? Wrth gwrs y medri roi posteri o gwmpas y lle, ond dwyt ti methu chwilio am golomen... Neu a wyt ti? Enillydd gwobr Tir na n-Og 2016.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

Where do you even begin to search for your lost pigeon? Of course you put up LOST posters, pinning them to as many tree trunks as possible and handing them out to people in the street, but it's not like you can actually look for a pigeon... or can you? Tir na n-Og Award Winner 2016.

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Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Griff Rowland is a Welsh drama director who works on television shows including Hinterland, Holby City, Coronation Street and Hollyoaks. The Search for Mister Lloyd is his first book.

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

When Mostyn Price’s father disappears, his grandfather – Taid – gives him a young pigeon to look after to take his mind off things. Mostyn calls his new pet Mister Lloyd and showers him with affection. But this isn’t just any pigeon: it is a Flying Tippler, one of the top racing breeds. Taid has a whole loft full of them – a beautiful pigeon loft that he calls Graceland, because apparently Elvis Presley was also a pigeon fancier (more of him later…). There are Mister Lloyd’s parents, Earl and Lady Grey, and his peers: Greysta the troublemaker, Idwal Slab the slow developer, and handsome Grey’s Anatomy, who vies with shy Mister Lloyd for the attentions of ‘the beauteous hen’, Anne of Grey Gables. Meanwhile, up at the house, Mostyn’s mam – ‘Bangor’s version of Penelope Cruz’ – is being quietly courted by Maldwyn Jones. Formerly ‘doing this and that’ in Dubai, Maldwyn is now doing this and that in Bangor, from transporting racing pigeons to fixing taps. He has a lovely sense of humour, a heart of gold, and a mustard yellow MGF two-seater affectionately known as The Mid-Life Crisis. Mostyn isn’t so keen on the idea of his mam having a boyfriend. Nor is he sure he wants a girlfriend himself, but he likes Lowri, the feisty girl who’s in his gang at school. She leaves home every morning all neat and tidy to please her mam, but by the time she gets to school she’s all skinny jeans and fashionably mussed hair and black eyeliner. Lowri’s a rebel. Mostyn is quiet and self-effacing, and being given a hard time by school bully Lynton. And none harder than when… … Mister Lloyd goes missing. Maldwyn has transported the local clubs’ pigeons to Belgium and released them for an international race. It is a first for Mister Lloyd. But when the other pigeons arrive home, he is not among them. Somewhere between Belgium and Bangor, Mister Lloyd has disappeared. Mostyn is bereft, and determined to find his feathered friend, come what may. It is a quest that brings him head-to-head with Lynton, causes conflict with his mam, and finds him – and Mister Lloyd – roaming the streets of London and, of course, the environs of Trafalgar Square. They are both watched over by mystery helpers: the kindly voice that tells Mister Lloyd’s side of the story, and Elvis of the Misterlloydfanclub who turns up on Report Strays Online. Who is he? Taid ? Maldwyn? Dad? The search for his real identity is as keen and nail-biting as the quest to find Mister Lloyd. In The Search for Mister Lloyd , Griff Rowlands has written a tale that draws you in from the start and never lets you go. It is touching, quirky, funny and sad, and has a cast of characters – pigeons included – who I suspect might be hard to forget.