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Mystery novel traces a lost nose belonging to Twm Sion Cati author

Prichard's Nose, the debut novel of Sam Adams, tells the tale of a man who lost his nose in strange circumstances. Intrigued by the mysterious legend of the man with a hole where his nose should be, Martin, a literary researcher, goes on the trail of a long-lost manuscript belonging to Thomas Prichard, the 19th century author of the tales of the Welsh highwayman, Twm Sion Cati. Woven into this literary detective story is the fictional autobiography of Prichard himself, following him from his childhood in rural Wales, along the drovers' road to London and a career on the stage. The novel ends with the puzzle of how Prichard ended his days down and out in Swansea and without his nose.
Sam Adams said,'The little we know for certain of the history of Prichard himself is almost as strange and fascinating as that of Twm Sion Cati, and I have not been able to let go of it. Prichard's Nose is an attempt to fill in all those gaps in his life that research could not bridge. Why was his childhood spent in a remote farm high on the mountain above Sennybridge? How did he find his way to London as a boy? Why did he hate the Reverend Benjamin Jones of Builth? Why did he choose Jeffery Llewelyn as a pen name? How did he become an actor? And how did he lose his nose?

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