Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog

Dylan Thomas's vivid, affectionate portrait of youth – and the journey towards finding one's own artistic voice

A boy grows up in a small Welsh town, moving through school, family life and first encounters with the wider world in moments of mischief and self-discovery. Along the way, a sensibility begins to take shape – playful, observant and alive to the strangeness of the everyday.

BRIEF ENCOUNTERS: classic novellas and captivating stories, to be read in a single sitting or savoured over days