The Grass Arena - An Autobiography

Informationen zum Autor John Healy Klappentext Healy was born into an impoverished, Irish immigrant family, in the slums of Kentish Town, North London. Out of school by 14, pressed into the army and intermittently in prison, Healy became an alocholic early on in life. Despite these obstacles Healy achieved remarkable, indeed phenomenal expertise in both writing and Chess, as outlined in the autobiographical The Grass Arena . Zusammenfassung John Healy, the son of poor Irish immigrants in London, grows up hardened by violence and soon finds himself overwhelmed by alcoholism. He ends up in the grass arena: the parks and streets of the inner city, where beggars, thieves, prostitutes and killers fight for survival and each day brings the question of where to find the next drink.

Product details

• Authors: John Healy, Colin Maccabe
• Assisted by: Colin Maccabe (Afterword)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.07.2008
• EAN: 9780141189598
• ISBN: 978-0-14-118959-8
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 17 mm
• Series: Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; London, Greater London, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, Chess, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Addiction, SELF-HELP / Substance Abuse & Addictions / Alcohol, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Housing & homelessness, Board games: Chess, GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Chess, Housing and homelessness