{"product_id":"the-lowlife-faber-editions-paperback","title":"The Lowlife (Faber Editions) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne man gambles on the dogs and his own life in this rediscovered Jewish post-war classic of London's seedy underbelly, introduced by Iain Sinclair.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A novel and author richly deserving of renewed attention.\"--\u003cem\u003eKirkus\u003c\/em\u003e starred review ⭐\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNever give up hope before the dogs have crossed the finishing-line.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eHarryboy Boas is a lowlife gambler. When he's not at the track, he lives in a Hackney boarding house, reading Zola, eating salt beef, pressing trousers and repressing wartime memories. But when a new family moves into the apartment downstairs, his life starts to unravel and Harryboy soon finds himself sinking into a murky East End underworld where violence, guilt and gangsters are the inevitable result for those who cannot pay their dues. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA celebrated cult classic, \u003cem\u003eThe Lowlife \u003c\/em\u003ebrilliantly evokes post-war East London - dog tracks, sandwich shops, tenements, sex workers, newly arrived West Indians and Jews leaving for Finchley - all seen through the tragicomic eyes of Harryboy, our picaresque rogue hero suffering from 'existential burn-out in the shadow of the Holocaust' (Iain Sinclair) and driven to bet, brag and beg to survive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50115164963039,"sku":"9780571393473","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/F_kNYTbJXN9780571393473.webp?v=1781421987","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/the-lowlife-faber-editions-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}