A Start in Life (Sillitoe novel)

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A Start in Life
First edition
AuthorAlan Sillitoe
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenrePicaresque
PublisherW. H. Allen & Co.
Publication date
1970
Media typePrint

A Start in Life is a 1970 picaresque novel by the British writer Alan Sillitoe.[1] It was followed by a sequel Life Goes On in 1985.[2]

Synopsis[edit]

Michael Cullen abandons his pregnant girlfriend in Nottingham and heads south to London where he becomes mixed-up with a smuggling racket. Eventually caught and sent to prison, he eventually decides to return to a quiet life in the provinces.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hanson p.45
  2. ^ Hanson p.46

Bibliography[edit]

  • Gillian Mary Hanson. Understanding Alan Sillitoe. University of South Carolina Press, 1999