The Rat-pit

MacGill, Patrick

ISBN 10: 184158004X / ISBN 13: 9781841580043

Verlag: Birlinn Ltd, 2000

A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers GOR002546144

Inhaltsangabe:

Both a sequel and a parallel to Children of the Dead End, The Rat-Pit (the name of a Glasgow lodging house) tells the tragic tale of Donegal girl Norah Ryan's struggle against poverty at the turn of the century. Forced into a life of vice, this is the moving story of one woman's decline and death. At the same time it is also a much larger story of the oppression, poverty and racism suffered by Irish immigrants to Britain at that time, and of the hypocrisy of a society which used and abused, yet turned away from the dark underbelly it had created.

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Patrick MacGill, ‘the Navvy Poet’ was born in Donegal in 1889 and died in Florida in 1963. He wrote a number of bestselling books (many of which are semi-autobiographical), including, Moleskin Joe, The Rat-pit and The Great Push, as well as a number of poetry collections.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Rat-pit
Verlag: Birlinn Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Fair