STRAY DOGS

"Coming-of-age story and a tense crime drama; Stray Dogs brings together the best of both." -Vol 1 Brooklyn

"An instant cult classic."-Buzz Magazine

"Expertly tempered by something very real; Parfitt's sublime gift for nailing the romantic yet unruly teenage voice." - Rachel Tresize, Nation Cymru

"Grabs the sonic cinema of Springsteen's Thunder Road by the lapels and smashes it face-first through The Boss's windshield" - 3:AM Magazine

"'I told em we were no thrill-kill cult and that we were just ordinary dictionary salesmen on a delivery job gone wrong.' Richard John Parfitt's blood-soaked fever dream of Toronto teens at the turn of the 80s reads like Taxi Driver turned upside down; the street kids remix.' - John Williams, author of The Cardiff Trilogy

"Immediately after finishing this novel I knew it would haunt me for a long, long time. It's a compelling and driven picaresque of great humour, beauty, horror and intense emotional weight, acutely attuned to the world's hopes and heartbreaks. Fantastic, in several senses''- Niall Griffiths, author of Broken Ghosts, winner 2020 Wales Book of the Year

Stray Dogs is a raw, visceral and hard-hitting read, with a distinct and memorable voice. It takes readers deep into the gritty depths of the city and into the minds and hearts of the characters we find there - Emma Hooper, author of We Should Not Be Afraid of the Sky

"Stray Dogs exceeded my expectations and gave me a new author to be very excited about."- TriYou

"Fasten your seat belt, Richard John Parfitt has a journey for you - Wow!"-Murder in Common

"I had a blast reading Richard John Parfitt's debut novel, Stray Dogs, It's grimly humorous, with several laugh-out-loud moments. Entering territory frequented by Cormac McCarthy, Scott Phillips, and the Coen Brothers, I was darkly entertained from start to finish." - Gavin Cologned-Brookes, author of Rereading William Styron and American Lonesome: The Work of Bruce Springsteen