Stan Barstow: 2 books
The Likes of Us
Stories of Five Decades
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
A classic selection of the best of Stan Barstow's stories, covering the last five decades of British life. A group of young tearaways on a night out that begins with horse-play and ends in tragedy; the loneliness of a drunken miner's wife; a war-shocked ex-sailor forced beyond endurance, a widower...
by Stan Barstow
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Originally published in 1960, this popular novel about frustrated youth laid the groundwork for contemporary writers such as Tony Parsons and Nick Hornby. All about love, lust, and loneliness, the book introduces Vic Brown, a young working-class Yorkshireman. Vic is attracted to the beautiful but...