This new edition of the epic Strumpet City marks the centenary
of the 1913 Lockout. It has been chosen as Dublin City Libraries'
One City, One Book for 2013. First published in 1969, it has
repeatedly been described as one of the greatest Irish novels of
all time.
Centring on the seminal lockout of 20,000 workers in Dublin in
1913, Strumpet City encompasses a wide sweep of city life. From the
destitution of Rashers Tierney to the solid, aspirant
respectability of Fitz and Mary, the priestly life of Father
O'Connor, and the upper-class world of Yearling and the Bradshaws,
it paints a portrait of a city of stark contrasts, with an urban
working class mired in vicious poverty.
Strumpet City is much more than a book about the Lockout.
Through the power of vivid fiction we encounter all the
complexities of humanity.
The brilliant and much-loved TV series, originally screened by
RTE in 1980, is fondly remembered by many but to read the book is
to immerse yourself in social and historical writing akin to
Chekhov and Tolstoy.
Strumpet City is the great, sweeping Irish historical novel of
the 20th century.
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