None But the Lonely HeartThe author looks at life through the eyes of Ernie Mott, an inarticulate London Cockney whose horizon is bounded by mean streets: whose only recreation is the tawdry Fun Fair; whose ambition is to be " in the money" : for whom women are a source of tantalizing and unsatisfied desire. |
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Page 191
... inside the shop with a customer so He went in the back way and got a right shock . Most of the old furniture in the kitchen was out of it , and new stuff was in its place . There was a couple of arm chairs by the fire , with lovely ...
... inside the shop with a customer so He went in the back way and got a right shock . Most of the old furniture in the kitchen was out of it , and new stuff was in its place . There was a couple of arm chairs by the fire , with lovely ...
Page 209
... inside your head , making you feel as if you just wanted to lay down and think of something nice . This bloke fingered two flat , clean , quid notes out of a case made out of a sort of squared red leather , with gold all round the edges ...
... inside your head , making you feel as if you just wanted to lay down and think of something nice . This bloke fingered two flat , clean , quid notes out of a case made out of a sort of squared red leather , with gold all round the edges ...
Page 378
... inside His self , Christ , Ma . He went and sat down on the top stair , shivering , not want- ing to go down in the kitchen where that ring of coppers was standing all round her , afraid to go in her bedroom because it said a bit too ...
... inside His self , Christ , Ma . He went and sat down on the top stair , shivering , not want- ing to go down in the kitchen where that ring of coppers was standing all round her , afraid to go in her bedroom because it said a bit too ...
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