Strumpet City - James Plunkett - Paperback

An enduring and popular classic that has been too long out of print, this new reissue preserves the place of Strumpet City as one of the best Irish novels of the 20th century.Set in Dublin during the great Lockout of 1913, the novel provides a realistic portrait of real heroes and villains. It panoramically embraces a wide range of social milieux, from the miseries of the tenements to the cultivated, bourgeois Bradshaws. It introduces a memorable cast of characters, from the main protagonist, Fitz, a model of the hard-working, loyal and abused trade unionist; to the ineffectual Father O?Connor; the wretched and destitute RasherS Tierney; and, in the background, the enormous shadow of Jim Larkin, Plunkett's real-life hero.Plunkett, James is the author of 'Strumpet City - James Plunkett - Paperback' with ISBN 9780717140589 and ISBN 071714058X.