The Lowlife (Faber Editions) - 'Terrific. Propulsive, funny and touching.' - Sebastian Faulks

The day they moved in was a memorable one for me. Not because of them, for I couldn''t know what they were to bring into my life, but because of a dog. Harryboy Boas is a gambling man. An independent Jewish bachelor, he lives in a Hackney boarding house: reading Zola, betting on the dogs at the track, womanising, philosophising, and repressing his tortured wartime past. Until, that is, a new family moves in. As his life dramatically unravels - financially, emotionally, and existentially - Harryboy descends into a murky criminal underworld where debts, violence, gangsters and revenge are the inevitable payback for those who can''t pay up ... ''Extraordinary.'' William Boyd

Product details

• Authors: Alexander Baron, Baron Alexander
• Assisted by: Iain Sinclair (Introduction)
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 08.05.2025
• EAN: 9780571393473
• ISBN: 978-0-571-39347-3
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Faber Editions
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / General, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Jewish, Family life fiction, Fiction: general and literary, Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction