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	Jew Boy – Simon Blumenfeld With an introduction by Ken Worpole The founding work of what went on to become the literature of the 20th-century Jewish East End, this is a novel about poverty and politics in a world of boxers, anarchists, communists, actors, poets, gamblers and gangsters. Jew Boy represents a unique time and place that is now firmly embedded in London’s volatile history. MORE>>	£5.99 + £1.85 P&P Description: Jew Boy Hardback
	The Angel And The Cuckoo – Gerald Kersh Introduction by Paul Duncan Released to celebrate the centenary of Gerald Kersh, this Soho-based novel is a sprawling celebration of London and its myriad characters, as seen from a café off Carnaby Street. The Angel And The Cuckoo is Kersh’s last masterpiece, a journey into the absurdities of city life by the British author of stories with a cosmopolitan flavour. MORE>>	£5.99 + £1.85 P&P Description: May Day Hardback
	May Day – John Sommerfield Introduction by John King Set over three days in the 1930s, May Day follows the fortunes of a broad range of characters as social unrest bubbles over in the East End and spreads across London. First published in 1936, the events driving this fluent and imaginative novel – mass anger at politicians and big business, speed-ups and wage cuts, social unrest and police violence – could easily describe Britain today. MORE>>	£5.99 + £1.85 P&P Description: May Day Hardback
	They Drive By Night - James Curtis Introduction by Jonathan Meades Released from Pentonville Prison on the same day as a man is hanged, Shorty Mathews visits an old girlfriend only to find her strangled. He panics, sure the police will blame him, and goes on the run on the Great North Road. Back in London the real killer is prowling the streets. The hangman hovers. Someone needs to pay the toll. More cult fiction from James Curtis. MORE >>	£5.99 + £1.85 P&P Description: They Drive By Night Hardback
	Wide Boys Never Work - Robert Westerby Introduction by Iain Sinclair Sacked from his job in a car factory, Jim Bankley joins a gang of wide boys. He is soon earning good money, moving between Soho and the White City dog-track. Life is sweet. But when boss Bill Franks is locked up after a fight with the Gisburg mob things start to change. This is a lost gem from Robert Westerby, right up there with the finest London street fiction. MORE >>	£5.99 + £1.85 P&P Description: Wide Boys Never Work Hardback
	A Start In Life - Alan Sillitoe Introduction by DJ Taylor From his first novel Saturday Night And Sunday Morning to his most recent A Man Of His Time, Alan Sillitoe has consistently produced quality fiction and remains one of English literature's greatest talents. A Start In Life, employing the picaresque form to record the adventures of chancer Michael Cullen in the 'lollipop metropolis' of London, is a great example of his talent. This edition includes a preface by the author. MORE>>	£5.99 + £1.85 P&P Description: A Start in Life Hardback
	Night And The City - Gerald Kersh Introduction by John King One of the greatest of the so-called London lowlife novels, Night And The City introduces Harry Fabian to the world and with him a prototype for Flash Harrys everywhere. Author Gerald Kersh was a street-wise character and a prolific author, his face a familiar sight around Soho in the Thirties and Forties. This classic text doubles as a social document, capturing as it does the colour and excitement of a vanished London. MORE>	£5.99 + £1.85 P&P Description: Night And The City Hardback
	The Gilt Kid - James Curtis Introduction by Paul Willetts The debut novel from socialist author James Curtis, The Gilt Kid was first published in 1936 and remains as sharp in its dialogue and use of the vernacular as anything around today. Curtis was a maverick talent, his idealism clearly fuelling his work. This London Classics edition features a special interview with Nicolette Edwards, the author's daughter, conducted by Paul Willetts, biographer of Julian Maclaren-Ross. MORE>>	£5.99 + £1.85 P&P Description: The Gilt Kid Hardback
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