Walter Greenwood Books

The story revolves around Jack Hardacre, who returns from military service to find himself entangled in a complicated love triangle. Attracted to Milly, a charming Londoner staying with his mother, Jack grapples with his engagement to the determined Janey Jenkins, supported by her mother. As tensions rise, particularly with Milly's other suitor, Joe Truman, Jack's frustration leads him to seek unconventional advice from the eccentric Mrs. Dorbell. The plot culminates in a dramatic revelation about Milly's pregnancy, forcing Jack to confront his feelings and obligations.

In Hanky Park, near Salford, Harry and Sally Hardcastle grow up in a society preoccupied with grinding poverty, exploited by bookies and pawnbrokers, bullied by petty officials and living in constant fear of the dole queue and the Means Test. His love affair with a local girl ends in a shotgun marriage, and, disowned by his family, Harry is tempted by crime. Sally, meanwhile, falls in love with Larry Meath, a self-educated Marxist. But Larry is a sick man and there are other more powerful rivals for her affection.

Harry Hardcastle, mladý hrdina románu, je autor sám a snad proto, že z každé věty vyzařuje vlastní intenzivní zážitek autora, stal se román skvělým dokumentem doby. Život Harryův, toť život milionů dělníků na celém světě. ........ ilustrace obálky Toyen.

Harry Hardcastle, mladý hrdina románu, je autor sám a snad proto, že z každé věty vyzařuje vlastní intenzivní zážitek autora, stal se román skvělým dokumentem doby. Život Harryův, toť život milionů dělníků na celém světě. ........ ilustrace obálky Toyen.