{"product_id":"the-lowlife-faber-editions-by-alexander-baron-iain-sinclair","title":"The Lowlife (Faber Editions) by Alexander Baron, Iain Sinclair","description":"\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A novel and author richly deserving of renewed attention.\"—Kirkus starred review ⭐\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNever give up hope before the dogs have crossed the finishing-line.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\u003eA celebrated cult classic, The Lowlife brilliantly 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Landmark Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49572334305520,"sku":"9780571393473","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0586\/1385\/8477\/files\/9780571393473.jpg?v=1776453779","url":"https:\/\/shop.landmarkbooksellers.com\/products\/the-lowlife-faber-editions-by-alexander-baron-iain-sinclair","provider":"Landmark Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}