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Dafydd, CatrinDavidson,AndrewRandom Deaths and CustardSam Jones is a perfectly ordinary Valleysgirl. Except for the random deaths, thatis. Which she only just manages to avoid.Like the time she swallows a fish fingerwhole before answering the door to thecatalogue salesman. That random deathleads to love, mind, which is a reliefto Sam: people on her street will stopthinking she’s a lesbian. She has plentyof other crosses to bear: Custard’s, thecustard factory where she works; AntiPeg’s swearing; her Mam’s boyfriend;her squaddie brother. Not to mentionthe posh Welshies at the end of theroad. There’s even a rock band calledDeath of the Sales, Man! With its comicdarkness, its write-as-she-speaks style andits recognition of how the ordinary andeccentric are two sides of the same coin,this is a novel that will have you laughingand crying into your custard.The GargoyleThe narrator of THE GARGOYLE is a verycontemporary cynic, physically beautifuland sexually adept, who dwells in themoral vacuum that is modern life. Asthe book opens, he is driving along adark road when he is distracted by whatseems to be a flight of arrows. He crashesinto a ravine and suffers horrible burnsover much of his body. As he recovers ina burn ward, undergoing the torturesof the damned, he awaits the day whenhe can leave the hospital and commit19