Strumpet City
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780717155651 (071715565X)
Publish date: May 29th 2012
Publisher: Gill & MacMillan
Pages no: 560
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Historical Fiction,
Classic Literature,
Literary Fiction,
Irish Literature,
Drama,
Politics,
Ireland
A good book of historical fiction set in Dublin and focusing on the Lockout of 1913. There are characters from all walks of life and the story relayed is realistic. The plight of the poor can not possibly leave the reader unmoved. In the foreground you have a set of fictional characters, in the back...
I loved this book. It's an old style and it's slow, but it's beautiful! A great picture of Irish life in the early 20th century.