A Start in Life (Sillitoe novel)

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A Start in Life
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First edition
Author Alan Sillitoe
LanguageEnglish
GenrePicaresque
Publisher W. H. Allen & Co.
Publication date
1970
Publication place United Kingdom
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]

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Synopsis

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

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

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