Reviews of Industria

"The book is not easy to categorise. It is an eclectic mix post-modern mix of graphic novel, comic book, poster poem with text which flits between a variety of genres - rap, porn, song lyrics, gothic novel and poetry...

It portrays the social and economic disintegration of an area and the resulting problems - alienation, boredom, unemployment, crime, drugs, violence...

Evans's style is hard and spare, pulling no punches, making no excuses and no promises. It is the bare truth and the reader is left to deal with it the way that he or she can." - Gwyn Griffiths, Morning Star, Dec. '95.

"Industria is a powerful and disturbing study of the Valleys today...The overall experience is like coming home late from the pub after a skinful and flicking channels between MTV pop videos, news reports of the latest riots, a grainy black and white social realist documentary, a low-budget Euro-skinflick and a late-night B movie.

Evans is being hailed as Wales' answer to Irvine Welsh. Some would say he's more talented. One thing is certain, Industria is a masterpiece of contemporary literature that will haunt the reader for years.

This is the new wave of Welsh writing, the best book to come out of Wales for sometime." - S.R., Y Faner Goch, Feb. '96.