{"product_id":"the-lowlife-faber-editions","title":"The Lowlife (Faber Editions)","description":"\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\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 0571393470\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9780571393473\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Baron, Alexander, Sinclair, Iain\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Faber \u0026amp; Faber\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (May 2026)","offer_id":46414413168837,"sku":"9780571393473","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9780571393473.jpg?v=1781865000","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/the-lowlife-faber-editions","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}