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Poverty Castle [Paperback]

Robin Jenkins (Author)

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Book Description

Publication Date: April 1991

"Poverty Castle" is an absorbing work of contrasts and subtle irony centred around an idealistic family in Argyll. A compelling novel, it deals with human nature, as always with Jenkins, and the socialism of industrial Glasgow.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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About the Author

John Robin Jenkins was born in 1912, one of four children, in the village of Flemington, near Cambuslang. He studied English at the University of Glasgow. When World War II broke out, he registered as a conscientious objector and was directed to work for the Forestry Commission; he used this experience in the acclaimed novel, The Cone Gatherers. In 1957, he moved abroad to work in Spain, Afghanistan and Malaysia. In 1968, he settled in Dunoon where he remained for the rest of his life. In 2002 he received the Saltire Society's Award for Lifetime Achievement. He died in 2005. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Balnain Books (April 1991)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1872557058
ISBN-13: 978-1872557052
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,720,390 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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