About this title: Working all day at a lathe leaves Arthur Seaton with energy to spare in the evenings. A hard-drinking, hard-fighting young rebel of a man, he knows what he wants and he's sharp enough to get it. And before long, his carryings-on with a couple of married women is local gossip. But then one evening he meets a young girl in a pub, and Arthur's life begins to look less simple. Allan Sillitoe's classic novel of the 1950's is a story of timeless significance. The film of the novel, starring Albert Finney, transformed British cinema and was much imitated. "That rarest of all finds: a genuine no ...
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Signet, New York
ISBN-13:9780451135902ISBN:0451135903
Description: Good. Sixth printing paperback, Signet, not dated. Good. Smooth spine and covers, but underling in pen of various passages. Pages toning. Raw novel about a working-class heel on a Saturday night spree. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Signet
Date Published: 1960
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. 192p., 19 cm. Vintage paperback. Price of 60 cents on cover. Originally published (B58-14602) W.H. Allen 1958. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Signet, New York
Date Published: 1958
Description: Fair. No Jacket as Issued. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. 190 pp. Wraps are clean with scuffed edges, a 1/8 inch chip at bottom front corner tip. A 3 inch vertical tear runs along back bottom spinal edge. Top corner outer tip of text is faded. Interior is heavily age-toned. The raw, robust novel of a working-class heel on a hell of a spree. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Plume
Date Published: 1992-09-01
ISBN-13:9780452269095ISBN:0452269091
Description: Good. A Great Deal! ! ! ! /Book is in good shape, but may contain underlining or highlighting inside/ Media mail is very slow sometimes...for fastest delivery, select "Expedited shipping"! / Buy from me and you won't be let down! ! ! / APO/FPO Orders Appreciated! ! ! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Signet
Date Published: 1960
Description: Good. 1st printing of the 1960 Signet mass market paperback, tanning to pages and a tilted spine else very good with no rips, tears or marks of any kind. Email for photo. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Plume, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780452269095ISBN:0452269091
Description: Near Fine. This 5.5 x 8 softcover has 239 pages, and a remainder mark on the bottom edge. The perspective the reader is given is Arthurs if only he could articulate it. This allows the reader to experience the working class perspective without the limits that somone lacking the education to express themselves as effectively would have. This is the key to the novel as the reader can utterly empathise with Arthur. A working class novel that does not focus on poverty but how class frustrations ... read more
"Pretty boring....the main character read like a adult version of Holden Caulfield but not as funny or sweet. I couldn't really get myself to care about anyone in the book or anything of the events. Maybe it just has something to do with my unfamiliarity with working class England in that time..."
"One of the first 'kitchen sink' books I read in the late 60s when I was a teenager. Sillitoe's prose is great and a big influence. His stories are perhaps even better."
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