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The 1966 Aberfan landslide disaster which killed 116 children is recounted by the teenage embalmer who prepares them for their funerals

Cameron Woodhead and Steven Carroll cast their eyes over recent fiction and non-fiction.

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"Something dreadful happened in Wales yesterday, but it was William’s graduation and so he has been distracted."

The 1966 Aberfan disaster triggers flashbacks a young man has tried to suppress in a thoughtful debut novel that offsets tragedy with uplift

Our Books Editor shares her best books 2022 predictions, with novels from both established and debut authors, as well as exciting book launches to look out for.

The 1966 Aberfan disaster frames the story of a young man struggling to come to terms with his past

The 1966 disaster will one day surely inspire a great novel – but this flat, clichéd effort isn't it

A third generation undertaker in Birmingham, William recently gained top qualifications as an embalmer but on an evening in October 1966, just as the celebrations get underway, a coal mine landslide in the Welsh village of Aberfan will prove a life-defining tragedy.

Returning to long- form fiction for the first time in 20 years, laurelled author Williams depicts a near-future in which the world reels from unspecified environmental calamity.