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Matt, a newcomer to Hay-on-Wye, has a bike accident that links him to a boy who died in a hit-and-run at the same junction. Matt's quest to find out the truth about this tragedy involves elderly farmer Wil Jones, the town bully, and two "lost boys." A singular Welsh setting and lilting dialogue make the story mysterious and evocative.