No Mean City

Author: McArthur, A, Kingsley-Long, H

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Published on 22 June 1984 by Transworld Publishers Ltd (Corgi Books) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 320 pages
178 x 107 x 21 | 170g

No book is more associated with the city of Glasgow than No Mean City. First published in 1935, it is the story of Johnnie Stark, son of a violent father and a downtrodden mother, the 'Razor King' of Glasgow's pre-war slum underworld, the Gorbals. The savage, near-truth descriptions, the raw character portrayals, bring to life a story that is fascinating, authentic and convincing.