The Rat-pit by Patrick Macgill

The Rat-pit by Patrick Macgill

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The Rat-pit by Patrick Macgill

This text tells the tale of the struggle of Donegal girl Norah Ryan against poverty at the turn of the century. The name is from a lodging house where human beings, pinched and poverty-stricken and ground down with a weight of oppression, are hemmed up like the plague-stricken in a pest-house.
Patrick MacGill, ‘the Navvy Poet’ was born in Donegal in 1889 and died in Florida in 1963. He wrote a number of bestselling books (many of which are semi-autobiographical), including, Moleskin Joe, The Rat-pit and The Great Push, as well as a number of poetry collections.
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ISBN 13 9781841580043
ISBN 10 184158004X
Title The Rat-pit
Author Patrick Macgill
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Birlinn General
Year published 2004-02-02
Number of pages 320
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