{"product_id":"the-lowlife-faber-editions-alexander-baron-9780571393473","title":"The Lowlife (Faber Editions)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Never give up hope before the dogs have crossed the finishing-line.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\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, \u003ci\u003eThe Lowlife \u003c\/i\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\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Terrific.\" - Sebastian Faulks\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexander Baron\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0571393470\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780571393473\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Faber \u0026amp; Faber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Alexander Baron","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47637452914943,"sku":"9780571393473","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b8f4a075-2f02-4b69-a923-f150a2431252.jpg?v=1765116327","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-lowlife-faber-editions-alexander-baron-9780571393473","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}