Londoners

Many of the Londoners in this novel are outcasts - some are criminals in society's eyes. Most are descended from adventurers and immigrants. The worlds they inhabit - the bedsit; the cruisers' pub - lie cheek by jowl with the worlds of the affluent and successful - the smart restaurant, the House of Commons Committee room.Al, the narrator, is a Londoner born and bred, a writer living in a small room in West London. Most of the other residents in the cavernous Victorian house - and the friends and acquaintances Al meets in tow local pubs, the bohemian and relaxed crowd at the Nevern and the slightly more ambiguous and dangerous crowd at the Knacker's - are Londoners by adoption, some temporary exiles, some permanent.

Summary

Most of the other residents in the cavernous Victorian house - and the friends and acquaintances Al meets in tow local pubs, the bohemian and relaxed crowd at the Nevern and the slightly more ambiguous and dangerous crowd at the Knacker’s - are Londoners by adoption, some temporary exiles, some permanent.

Product details

• Authors: Maureen Duffy
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 14.11.2013
• EAN: 9780099587361
• ISBN: 978-0-09-958736-1
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Series: The London Trilogy
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; London, Greater London, FICTION / Cultural Heritage, Narrative theme: Social issues, Narrative theme: displacement, exile, migration, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, FICTION / World Literature / England / 20th Century