This tale transforms the Arthurian legend of Peredur into a quixotic romp through a contemporary Welsh school of hard knocks.
The eighth installment in the New Stories from the Mabinogion series transforms a classic tale into a modern Quixotian romp. The original Peredur tale recounts the adventures of a youth bent on recognition as a knight in King Arthurs court. In true questing fashion, he defends maidens, defeats giants, and eventually overcomes the witches who have cursed him. Hoping to save him from the same fate as his father and brothersdead, jailed, or missingPeredurs mother takes him from the estates. But the world wont be held at bay in this version; when local kids cycle into his life, he follows.