



Their axis is the past more than the future or present. I loved immersing in a country unknown to me. This is a spooky, if not prejudiced premise if only Phil had followed through. Bring an English person by marriage and they die. Y-Groes is an alluring town that admits only Welsh and hates English. Resentment is understandable: everyone finds Wales gorgeous but foreigners dilute it and render land unaffordable or unavailable to her people. Phil Rickman imparts successfully, a struggle to sustain a language only some citizens of one country know. “ Candlenight” delivers a strong cultural tableau. Three stars are in minority because most of us prefer “The Wine Of Angels”, which I reviewed separately.
