Ebook332 pages5 hours
Ivon
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
About this ebook
The year is 2144, and the world is powered by sport - politically and practically. Each community owes its prosperity or otherwise to the success of its teams and athletes. A person's class is determined by their aptitude for sport. Once their useful life as an athlete has expired, they are placed in stasis at an age predetermined by that class. But not in Wales. Separated from the rest of the world by a huge wall, the Welsh still play games for joy. They play, they carouse, they love, they die. They have fun. Of all the Welsh, the greatest sportsman is an unreconstructed genius called Ivon. When the chance arises to become the first Welshman to cross the great divide into England, he cannot resist. His parents, who were exiled from England before he was born, know what London will do to him. They are desperate to have him back. But London will not give up an asset like Ivon so easily. Ivon is a celebration of where sport has come from and a satire on where it is going.
Related to Ivon
Related ebooks
Ivon Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Artificial Kid Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dragon Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPunch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, February 6, 1892 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsZero One: A Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsElegy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhat a Flanker Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Red: Olympus Decimated Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNexis Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Last Action Zero Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Cafe Talk Chronicles; In the Beginning Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsParleyings with Certain People of Importance in Their Day: "I count life just a stuff, To try the soul's strength on" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDanger, Kids! 1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsComing Home Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTroyuan Chronicles... Book Four Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsErik - A Ghost's Origins Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMichael, Brother of Jerry Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCircus: Fantasy Under the Big Top Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Dave Cameron's Schooldays Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5The Fall: I, Jesus, Rock Star, #1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDig Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsVoyage to Eternity Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDream Trust Test Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRepublic Day Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Seven Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Poke The Mango Shortlist Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Cyber Ambiguity Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSongs of the Army of the Night Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStarfish Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Keepin’ the Beat: And All That Jazz Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
General Fiction For You
The Fellowship Of The Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5It Ends with Us: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Heroes: The Greek Myths Reimagined Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The King James Version of the Bible Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5You: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Rebecca Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Unhoneymooners Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Outsider: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Priory of the Orange Tree Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Life of Pi: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Cabin at the End of the World: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Nettle & Bone Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Covenant of Water (Oprah's Book Club) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Terminal List: A Thriller Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beyond Good and Evil Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Meditations: Complete and Unabridged Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird: Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Shantaram: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Silmarillion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beartown: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dry: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dante's Divine Comedy: Inferno Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Labyrinth of Dreaming Books: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The City of Dreaming Books Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Ulysses: With linked Table of Contents Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related categories
Reviews for Ivon
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
Ivon - Michael Aylwin
0O3^ book_preview_excerpt.html }˒G$bV`6dQլRKd HU>L@J0]Dd9(66uU@f?~~}?6T O/~oO7仹۶1U)8ӦzT|O_c?VX0um[?Ou5Uz0TaMO_pc.tX0OUg^| y{SUۓz}p5W.!Uݵjn?i'|vS]#|ߜcbAY*Tc' 9sc#4uȥ
]4X%-㈗~l:A( >!ّ
lqeƅh˞[H|fc5>UhaxXkmW+T<ئjlIs?Q{4긹_*McTk;@A ?fzd<6)YbO||ϪW^Uo~qAmVXN27.rl[iı^
"Ќ-`U?}acm1E)G5TPYJ5R-RO]gt8Ӥ@MvGX¦졫u{1lRp:Cy"r:zixPxo%Nߏ!̈́8M%yjl~q\}
S}XoaƲ/[0M=3XalEW( nǯ`&8`97gt#Zc
.ပ]nNжI1@b֛e}c~Nu76|~$u>[=VKl;W^1cBlާ#bt[qwd8&/=|oюLnnWXQr?jۑ ö#A,aIR9puT)ivg
3V+q>lM{FH5(^}Xk~Da-i"x!A^k-{pq?0\`
J~;fԂJxSWpLtLx6":&hÄM<ı9U0ͣi%)PMwc瓍^)dqw&ծ
ɄzGR>;o>S55ݖp5MA9#w*mM